Clinical Case Formulation: Varieties of Approaches

Case formulation is a key clinical skill for mental health practitioners, and many clinicians use it on a regular basis. It summarizes the essential features of a case and allows practitioners to derive an individually based treatment– a treatment which is more accurate than one based on diagnosis alone. However, despite the centrality of this approach to diagnosis in mental health, students and practitioners often lack appropriate models.
This book presents students and practitioners with the fundamental models by providing examples of case formulations which represent the most common mental health problems found within a variety of populations and contexts. These include:Depression in a middle–aged womanPsychosisAn eating disorderHoarding in an older adultAnger in a person with intellectual disabilities
Each chapter describes a case, before presenting two contrasting formulations and a commentary from a different perspective. These examples not only provide the reader with clear models of case formulations, they also highlight the different constructs and world views that characterize alternate theoretical approaches to case formulation.

Spis treści:
About the Editor.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
PART I OVERVIEW.
1 Case Formulation: A Review and Overview of this Volume (Peter Sturmey).
PART II DEPRESSION.
2 Sally: A Case of Depression (Mari Brannigan and Christopher Williams).
3 Cognitive Formulation of Depression: Case of Sally (Cory F. Newman).
4 Behavioural Formulation of Depression: The Case of Sally (Carl W. Lejuez, Tyish S. Hall Brown, and Derek R. Hopko).
5 Commentary on Cognitive and Behavioural Formulations of Anxiety–Depression (Christopher J. Williams).
PART III PSYCHOSIS.
6 Zeppi: A Case of Psychosis (Anthony DiMech, David Kingdom, and Maged Swelam).
7 A Psychiatri c Approach to Case Formulation (David A. Casey).
8 A Behavior Analytic Formulation of a Case of Psychosis (David A. Wilder).
9 Formulating Zeppi: A Commentary (Richard P. Bentall).
PART IV EATING DISORDERS.
10 A Case of Eating Disorder: Antoinette Hilbert–Smith (Jonathon T. Newton).
11 A Formulation of the Case of Antoinette: A Multiperspective Approach (Priyanthy Weerasekera).
12 The Functional Analysis and Functional Analytic Clinical Case Formulation: A Case of Anorexia Nervosa (Raimo Lappalainen, Tero Timonen, and Stephen N. Haynes).
13 Commentary on Formulations of Eating Disorders (Myra Cooper).
PART V OLDER ADULTS.
14 A Case of Problematic Behavior in an Older Adult (Helen DeVries).
15 A Cognitive Analytic Formulation (Mark Dunn).
16 The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme: A Psychodynamic Formulation of the Case of Mrs. Lewis (Marna S. Barrett).
17 Commentary on Formulations of a Case of Problematic Behavior in an Older Adult (Kevin Howells and Laurence Jones).
PART VI INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
18 A Case of Anger in a Person with Intellectual Disabilities (Betsey A. Benson).
19 A Psychodynamic Formulation (Nigel Beail and Tom Jackson).
20 A Cognitive–Behavioural Formulation of Anger in a Man with an Intellectual Disability (Paul Willner).
21 Commentary on Formulations of Anger in a Person with Intellectual Disabilities (Robert Didden).
PART VII EMERGING ISSUES.
22 Contemporary Themes in Case Formulation (Tracey D. Eells).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Peter Sturmey is Professor of Psychology at Queens College, and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has published extensively on behavioural approaches to case formulation, developmental disabilities, and behaviour analytic approaches to training staff and p arents in evidence–based practices for Autism Spectrum Disorders. His main research interests are staff and parent training, developmental disabilities, and applied behaviour analysis, including applications to clinical psychology.

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Case formulation is a key clinical skill for mental health practitioners, and many clinicians use it on a regular basis. It summarizes the essential features of a case and allows practitioners to derive an individually based treatment– a treatment which is more accurate than one based on diagnosis alone. However, despite the centrality of this approach to diagnosis in mental health, students and practitioners often lack appropriate models.
This book presents students and practitioners with the fundamental models by providing examples of case formulations which represent the most common mental health problems found within a variety of populations and contexts. These include:Depression in a middle–aged womanPsychosisAn eating disorderHoarding in an older adultAnger in a person with intellectual disabilities
Each chapter describes a case, before presenting two contrasting formulations and a commentary from a different perspective. These examples not only provide the reader with clear models of case formulations, they also highlight the different constructs and world views that characterize alternate theoretical approaches to case formulation.