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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 450-492).

Understanding the purpose and functional dynamics of those suffering with a clinical diagnosis is one of the first steps in conceptualizing effective interventions in psychotherapy. This bloc focuses on case conceptualization from diagnosis to treatment, using Adlerian principles to help re-direct clients toward the useful side of life. Working with anxiety, depression, trauma, and schizophrenia and delusional disorders is emphasised.

Book Summary: Psychopathology & Psychotherapy: DSM-5 Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment, Third Edition differs from other psychopathology and abnormal psychology books. While other books focus on describing diagnostic conditions, this book focus on the critical link between psychopathology and psychotherapy. More specifically, it links diagnostic evaluation, case conceptualization, and treatment selection to psychotherapy practice. Research affirms that knowledge and awareness of these links is essential in planning and providing highly effective psychotherapy. This third edition incorporates detailed case conceptualizations and treatment considerations for the DSM-5 diagnoses most commonly seen in everyday clinical practice. Extensive case studies illustrate the diagnostic, case conceptualization, and treatment process in a way that makes it come alive. Written by practicing clinicians with expertise in specific disorders, this book will be an invaluable resource to both novice and experienced clinicians.

A belief shared by all members of the research team was that evaluation is a tool that can be used to improve the effectiveness of clinical practice. Prompted by this interest, a research project was designed to gather descriptive data about evaluation in the private sector. The research question reads: To what extent and in what way are licensed clinical psychologists and clinical MSW's in the private sector involved in evaluating their practice? a. Are these clinicians using formative and/or summative evaluation? b. What techniques and/or mental processes do they use?

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between the scores subjects obtain on Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the type of therapy they prefer. Two hundred and fifty-four students in general psychology classes were given Rotter's Scale. Considering their upper- and lower-third scores, 54 were classified as " Internals," 53 as "Externals." Subjects also were given written descriptions of both psychoanalytic and behavioristic therapies. Each of these descriptions dealt with the goal and the specific therapeutic procedure of the respective therapies. Subjects were asked to identify which therapy they preferred and to provide a rationale for their choice.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of clients' perception of choice in treatment planning and the clients' positive behavior changes made within the treatment setting, with the clients' successful return to the community after release from the residential treatment setting.

A distinction has often been drawn between "process" and "outcome" studies in psychotherapy research, but interest in outcome implicitly underlies virtually all research in psychotherapy, there being little point in studying what happens in treatment if these events do not, in some way, relate to outcome. In addition, since an integrative measurement of change appears to be promising in psychotherapy research (e.g. Bloch and Reibstein (1980), Cartwright et al (1963), Mintz et al (1979), Strupp and Hadley (1977), Truax and Carkhuff (1967), among others), the emphasis of the present study was on the perceptions of change by the main participants in therapy, namely the patients and therapists. Therefore, the present study was initiated in an attempt to integrate process and outcome measures of patients' and therapists' experiences of group psychotherapy into a longitudinal study, following the participants from the start of the therapeutic contact through to termination, and six months after termination. Bearing these considerations in mind, the aims of this research were to investigate: a) patients' and therapists' expectations and perceptions of themselves and each other before they commence therapy, and b) patients' and therapists' perceptions of themselves and each other throughout treatment, in relation to outcome. The research design employed was a repeated measures design using interviews, psychological tests (Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale, the Treatment Expectancies Questionnaire, and several semantic differentials), and observation of the participants in the group psychotherapy situation. The main findings of the current research can be summarized as follows: 1. patients' expectations of the role the therapist played in t.heir treatment and what they thought their impending therapy would consist of, influenced their perception of the initial stages of therapy and their participation in treatment. 2. therapists felt there was a lack of congruence between what they thought it was realistic to achieve with their group patients and what they would really like to achieve; their expectations of the patients' participation and gain from group therapy being modified considerably as a result of ongoing treatment. 3. prior to therapy, patients and therapists had differing expectations of what the process of therapy would involve; however, during therapy, patients who came to share similar perceptions of the group process as their therapists, successfully completed treatment. 4. patients became more Internal in the responses to Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale as a result of treatment (p < .OO5), although there were no significant differences between terminators and non-terminators or between males and females. 5. responses to the Treatment Expectancies Questionnaire indicated that patients showed a preference for a more behaviourally oriented treatment regime at the end of group therapy, compared to pre-therapy (p < . 01). 6. the semantic differential data indicated that patients who successfully completed treatment viewed themselves more positively in terms of their attitude towards self and what they felt capable of achieving, attributing this, at termination to the "potency" of the group. 7. it is tentatively suggested that it may be possible to identify the potential terminator prior to commencing therapy, based on his expectations of therapy in general and his treatment in particular. It is suggested, given the numerous limitations of the current study, further research be initiated to validate the present results.

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