TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond the DSM
T2 - The perspectives of psychiatry approach to patients
AU - Peters, Matthew E.
AU - Taylor, Jacob
AU - Lyketsos, Constantine G.
AU - Chisolm, Margaret S.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This article presents an alternative approach to the DSM for the understanding and treatment of patients with psychiatric conditions. This alternative approach, based on The Perspectives of Psychiatry, requires a systematic consideration of the patient's psychiatric condition from 4 perspectives: disease, dimensional, behavior, and life story. The Perspectives approach offers a way of understanding the nature and origin of clinical presentations and provides a clear structure for developing personalized treatment plans. Although the approach was originally articulated at Johns Hopkins University, a review of the literature shows significant dispersion of elements of the model to other institutions in several countries. The Perspectives approach is increasingly used as a method for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders and is a valuable educational tool for teaching psychiatry to students.
AB - This article presents an alternative approach to the DSM for the understanding and treatment of patients with psychiatric conditions. This alternative approach, based on The Perspectives of Psychiatry, requires a systematic consideration of the patient's psychiatric condition from 4 perspectives: disease, dimensional, behavior, and life story. The Perspectives approach offers a way of understanding the nature and origin of clinical presentations and provides a clear structure for developing personalized treatment plans. Although the approach was originally articulated at Johns Hopkins University, a review of the literature shows significant dispersion of elements of the model to other institutions in several countries. The Perspectives approach is increasingly used as a method for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders and is a valuable educational tool for teaching psychiatry to students.
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U2 - 10.4088/PCC.11m01233
DO - 10.4088/PCC.11m01233
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22690367
AN - SCOPUS:84863991623
VL - 14
JO - The primary care companion for CNS disorders
JF - The primary care companion for CNS disorders
SN - 1523-5998
IS - 1
ER -