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Tracy K Witte1, Kathryn H Gordon, Thomas E Joiner
1Department of Psychology, Florida State University.
Abstract:
The six-point dial of treatment described in this case report was developed to guide graduate student psychological trainees through treatment and includes the following components: assessment of dangerousness, diagnosis, diagnosis-based treatment, ongoing evaluation of treatment response, obstacles to treatment, and motivation. In this case report, we describe the dial of treatment and present a case study of a client with paranoid schizophrenia (John) who presented at a graduate student training clinic to illustrate how this framework can be successfully applied. John has exhibited marked improvement, based on both objective measures and clinician judgment of global functioning.
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