Theoretical and evidence-based approaches to case formulation

Forensic case formulation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-32

  Eells, Tracy D ^a   Lombart, Kenneth G ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aim of formulation individual's problems and symptoms; Case formulation approach treatment, addressing individual circumstances; Concept of case formulation functions and goals, and formulation and its importance; Evidence as guide for formulation APA Task Force on Evidence Based Practice, systematic case formulations based on empirically supported principles; Formulation, a blueprint guiding treatment; Goals of formulation meeting at least five goals; Practical tips for case formulation; Psychodynamic theory, and work of Freud source of inference for case formulation; Psychotherapy case formulation precipitants, in person's psychological, interpersonal and behavioral problems; Theoretical and evidence based approaches to case formulation (CF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886065561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119977018.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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