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A Psychoanalytic Clinician Looks at Diagnostic Labels and Diagnostic Classification Systems

Authors :
Howard D. Lerner
Paul M. Lerner
Source :
Journal of Personality Assessment. 89:70-81
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2007.

Abstract

As psychoanalytic clinicians, we do not believe that assessment should be diagnosis based. However, we are supportive of attempts to create a diagnostic classification system that reflects something essential about human nature and also serves clinical purposes. In this article, we present a psychoanalytic diagnostic scheme that combines a more descriptive characterological diagnosis with a more structural level of personality organization diagnosis. The scheme is applied to a clinical case and then we discuss it in terms of the functions such a scheme provides for assessment.

Details

ISSN :
15327752 and 00223891
Volume :
89
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Personality Assessment
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9d1aab38cd1854de73423c2e61c213c1
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890701357340