1. The dynamic formulation--a critique of a psychiatric ritual
- Author
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Stephen R. Goldsmith and Arnold J. Mandell
- Subjects
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Psychiatry ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Deductive reasoning ,Psychopathology ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,Logic ,Mental Disorders ,Science ,Thinking ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Judgment ,medicine ,Selection (linguistics) ,Methods ,Humans ,Psychology ,Psychological Theory - Abstract
The authors, studying predictions of psychological state formed solely from dynamic formulations, found no correlation between correct predictions and length of professional psychiatric experience. They question the misuse of deductive reasoning and selection of statements in the formulations used in formal psychiatric examinations and suggest that the dynamic formulation may not be a useful predictor of diagnostic entities.
- Published
- 1969