Do the DSM decision trees improve diagnostic ability?

abstract：:The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) is a recently introduced instrument designed to measure both symptomatology and long-standing patterns of personality disorder in clinical populations. Because it is designed to assess clients who are similar to those with whom the MMPI is often used (e.g., adjudicated o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Ownby RL,Wallbrown FH,Carmin CN,Barnett RW

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of research literature that addresses personality correlates of bulimia revealed a major problem which affects that research and its interpretation: Criteria used to define this disorder have not been consistent across investigators. A related issue is that this disorder has been described by a variety of nam...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Shapiro S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the ability of the MacAndrew Alcoholism (MAC) Scale to distinguish between alcoholics and nonalcoholics using self-ratings from patrons of taverns (N = 128); while only about 14% of the variance in the MAC Scale was accounted for by the self-rating (alcoholic/nonalcoholic) scale, the MAC Scale ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Ciancio C,Saltstone R,Fraboni M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between interpersonal dependency and medical service use in a hospital setting, the number of medical consultations and psychotropic medication prescriptions were compared in matched, mixed-sex samples of 40 dependent and 40 nondependent psychiatric inpatients. Results indicated that depend...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： O'Neill RM,Bornstein RF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability (internal consistency and alternate form) of the trait version of the Positive and Negative Mood Scales in referred samples was found to be high, and the concurrent and discriminate validity was found to be moderate. As expected, means of the Positive Mood Scales were significantly higher in nonreferre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Van Whitlock R,Lubin B,Patren S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We summarize the four papers in this issue by consumers evaluating their mental health treatment, focusing on aspects of their treatment that they collectively found helpful and hindering. These factors include the context of treatment, the therapy relationship, interventions used and issues addressed, helpful experie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Glass CR,Arnkoff DB

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the diathesis-stress component of Beck's (1967) cognitive theory of depression. Initially, participants completed measures assessing cognitive organization of the self-schema and depressive symptoms. One year later, participants completed measures assessing cognitive organization of the self-schema, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Seeds PM,Dozois DJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessed the impact of difficulty forming an occupational dream and relating to parents on depression among college students in their late teens and early twenties. Becoming independent of parents and forming an occupational dream are seen as two central issues during this period of life. Results from 64 students sugg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Gooden W,Toye R

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theory that schizophrenic anhedonia-the failure to express pleasure-is associated with a tendency to interpret ambiguous stimuli as neutral rather than emotion-laden and arises from selectively high perceptual thresholds for affective stimuli was tested. Seventy-six schizophrenic males were required to guess whether...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Watson CG

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article introduces an issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology:In Session devoted to treatment failures in psychotherapy. In contrast to recent attention from the research perspective and cognitive-behavioral orientation, this issue focuses on clinical material from multiple theoretical perspectives. This arti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Lampropoulos GK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-, 2-. and 3-factor solutions for the WAIS-R normative samples were examined using principal components analysis with varimax rotations. Factors were examined across age groups by computing congruence coefficients and root mean square differences to determine the equivalence and consistency of factors across age gr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Enns RA,Reddon JR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexithymia is a dimensional personality construct that encompasses a cluster of cognitive and affective characteristics relating to difficulty identifying and describing feelings, limited imaginal capacity, and having an externally oriented thinking style. Attempts to explain the etiology of high levels of alexithymi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Helmes E,McNeill PD,Holden RR,Jackson C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic training leading to prescriptive authority is compared among psychiatric nurse practitioners, physicians, and pharmacologically trained psychologists. Statistics are presented on the relative emphasis that programs serving each discipline place on the preparation of their respective students in academic and c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Muse M,McGrath RE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examined the WISC-R profiles of learning-disabled children from the Papago culture. A sample of 46 Papagos diagnosed as learning disabled were used in the study. Recategorized scores were subjected to 1 X 3 repeated measures ANOVA, and the differences between mean categorized scores were analyzed by Newman-Keuls tests...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Mishra SP

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigated digit repetition performance in learning-disabled children in an effort to assess its clinical and theoretical significance. Clinically, learning-disabled children were found to demonstrate a higher than expected incidence of large verbal-performance discrepancies, although mean overall digit repetition p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Black FW

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study found that approximately 35% of 149 juveniles convicted of serious crimes obtained a statistically significant PIQ greater than VIQ discrepancy of at least 12 IQ points. There were no significant differences in the incidence of the PIQ greater than VIQ discrepancy between juveniles convicted of violent or n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Cornell DG,Wilson LA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigated the effects of unilateral left (UL), unilateral right (UR), and bilateral (B) ECT on the performance of right-handed male patients on the Wechsler Memory Scale and two tests of the Williams battery, which provided eight independent measures of verbal memory and two of visual-spatial memory. Patients were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Jackson B

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians are routinely encouraged to use multimodal assessments incorporating information from multiple sources when determining an individual's risk of dangerous or self-injurious behavior; however, some sources of information may not improve prediction models and so should not be relied on in such assessments. The...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Janis IB,Nock MK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to replicate Rorschach signs of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) using DSM-IV criteria of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Women admitted to either an inpatient dissociative disorder's unit (n = 27) or a general psychiatric unit (n = 72) were given the Rorschach, which was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Leavitt F,Labott SM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents data on the effect of different methods of correct feedback on judge accuracy on the identification of neurosis or psychosis from MMPI profile patterns by moderately experienced judges (N = 22). Concurrent correct feedback is contrasted with correct feedback obtained by application of a configural ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Henrichs TF

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent efforts have been made to develop 10 personality disorder spectra scales using items from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). These scales, developed by Sellbom et al. (2018, J. Pers. Assess., 1-15), demonstrated good validity and warranted cross-validation...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Hale AC,Nelson SM,Reckow J,Spencer RJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of reading emotionally loaded statements on behavioral tasks and physiological measures were investigated. Statements were constructed to arouse elation, depression, or neutrality. Ss were both pre- and posttested on Writing Speed, Reaction Time, Decision Time, and Spontaneous Verbalizations. Base rates we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Matheny KB,Blue FR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Emotion reactivity and difficulties in expressing emotions have been implicated in risk for suicidal behavior. This study examined comfort in expressing emotions (positive vs. negative) and depressive symptoms as mediators of the prospective relation between emotion reactivity and suicidal ideation. DESIGN:E...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Polanco-Roman L,Moore A,Tsypes A,Jacobson C,Miranda R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report is a shared, compassion-focused therapy account between a therapist and someone with a 20-year history of schizophrenia. It shows the usefulness of compassion in facilitating the courage to address the worst symptoms of psychosis. It does this by promoting a mindfulness of mind and emotional regulatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Kennedy A,Ellerby M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examined split-half reliabilities, retest reliabilities, and stability of the Comrey Personality Scales (CPS) (Comrey, 1970) for a Navy sample of 200 young drug abusers tested at the beginning and end of rehabilitation in a no-feedback, compulsory participation setting. The pre-rehabilitation split-half reliabilities ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Wilcox WW,Wenger WK

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-eight surgical patients completed the A-Trait subscale of a Dutch version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-DY) on the day before the operation and again 3 days later. A-Trait total-scores were significantly lower in the second measurement (p less than .01), and weighted kappa technique...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： van der Ent CK,Smorenburg JM,Bonke B

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological concomitants of relaxation are needed to characterize objectively the response to biofeedback training. Ss (N = 30) received either alpha, EMG, or no biofeedback training. Heart rate, EMG, and alpha activity were measured in all groups. Increases in alpha and decreases in EMG were noted in their respecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Travis TA,Partlow J,Bean JA,Kondo CY

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Student veterans are arriving at university and college campuses and many counselors may not be prepared. Multiple and intersecting identities complicate the student's integration and matriculation into higher education. We review literature on first-generation college students and issues pertinent to student veterans...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Wurster KG,Rinaldi AP,Woods TS,Liu WM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As we expand the borders of traditional diagnostic nomenclature, distinguishing health from disorder becomes complex. This is especially true when the diagnostic lens views individuals as they exist within families that reside within wider social milieus. From this viewpoint, the recursive and interdependent factors i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Rigazio-DiGilio SA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incompleteness-the troubling and irremediable sense that one's actions or experiences are not "just right"--appears to underlie many of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Because incompleteness may reflect basic sensory-affective dysfunction, it presents a challenge to clinicians wishing to apply cog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Summerfeldt LJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00