title: The effect of practice orientations on clinical assessment.
abstract: Increasing theoretical evidence suggests that assessment procedures in themselves may have deleterious effects on mental health intervention. This experimental study of assessment processes suggests that negative labeling is related to the main effects of practice orientations and status differential. Results are discussed in terms of the unexpected negative consequences of assessment.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001527:Behaviorism; D005864:Gestalt Therapy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011287:Prejudice; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000193:education; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012923:Social Class; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000193:education*