title: Beyond diagnosis- and therapy-centred therapy: the case for incorporating contextual factors in psychotherapy treatment planning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this paper is to outline a basic approach to psychotherapy treatment selection, with an emphasis on the role of contextual factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observations and suggestions are based on clinical work and reading of the psychiatric literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is preferable to organize psychotherapy treatment selection around a consideration of case formulation and contextual factors rather than just diagnosis or a general preference for a purportedly superior type of therapy.
authors.affiliation: North Metropolitan Area Mental Health Service, Shenton Park, WA, Australia. sam.restifo@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Restifo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome