The Six-Point Dial of Treatment: A Useful Framework for Novice Therapists.
The six-point dial of treatment described in this case report was developed to guide graduate student psychological trainees through treatment and includes the following components: assessment of dangerousness, diagnosis, diagnosis-based treatment, ongoing evaluation of treatment response, obstacles to treatment, and motivation. In this case report, we describe the dial of treatment and present a case study of a client with paranoid schizophrenia (John) who presented at a graduate student training clinic to illustrate how this framework can be successfully applied. John has exhibited marked improvement, based on both objective measures and clinician judgment of global functioning.
Witte
Tracy K
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Department of Psychology, Florida State University.
Gordon
Kathryn H
KH
Joiner
Thomas E
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