title: [The usual forms of clinical thought].
abstract: The present paper focuses on the forms of clinical thought; its objective is to characterize those forms which are usual, in an attempt to contribute to increased methodological knowledge. Psychologists were observed while attending to individual patients in order to carry out personality diagnosis. These observations were analyzed, and as a result fifteen distinct forms or modalities of clinical thought were arrived at. The study was intended to introduce a certain systematization into the area of clinical thought as it occurs in personally diagnosis and thus widen conceptions concerning this diagnosis. Its aim is to serve as an aid in teaching and a contribution to the practice of psychological diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013850:Thinking
vernacular_title: Formas usuais de pensamentos clínicos.