An abductive perspective on clinical reasoning and case formulation

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1046-1068

  Vertue, Frances M ^a   Haig, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abductive method; Case formulation; Causal mechanisms; Clinical reasoning; Phenomena detection

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SLEEP DISORDER; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; THINKING;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 52049108504     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20504     Document Type: Article

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