Abstract
Classifications are multipurpose tools that have to deal with multiple epistemological constraints. In spite of the hopes they raised, the DSM-III, DSM-IV, and DSM-5 categorical models have shown their limitations in fostering effective diagnostic assessment processes. By discussing the person-centered integrative diagnosis (PID) this paper will consider how pluralistic descriptive procedures (Categories, Dimensions and Narratives) are essential for diagnostic assessment in person-centered medicine and psychiatry. It will stress the importance of the narratives of the patient and of the physician in this novel comprehensive diagnostic perspective.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Person Centered Psychiatry |
| Editors | Juan E. Mezzich, Michel Botbol, George N. Christodoulou, C. Robert Cloninger, Ihsan M. Salloum |
| Place of Publication | Switzerland |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Chapter | 15 |
| Pages | 201-208 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319397245 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319397221 |
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| Publication status | Published - 25 Feb 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |