Posted by Emily Elizabeth on May 15, 2006, at 22:38:23
In reply to new diagnostic manual, posted by pseudoname on May 15, 2006, at 15:24:20
I did not read all of this thread, but I wanted to jump in that my understanding of this psychodynamic manual is that it is intended more to help guide psychological treatments rather than psychiatric ones. I only skimmed a draft of one of the chapters, but the psychologist who was telling me about it was pretty enthusiastic that it provided a theoretically grounded alternative to the DSM's atheoretical cluster of sx approach.
Regardless, I would like to add that it is a tool like the DSM and that any tool is only as good as the person using it. Even if some of the suggested terms sound more pejorative (a consistent short-coming of the psychodynamic/analytic crowd) they can be applied in a warm empathic way by a good clinician.
Best,
EE
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