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What Do Psychiatrists Understand by Formulation?

A Survey of Clinicians in a Group of Hospitals in London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Julie A. Hollyman
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17
Loic Hemsi
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17
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Following the taking of a psychiatric history and the examination of the mental state, it is standard practice to prepare a formulation (Institute of Psychiatry, 1973; Slater and Roth, 1977; Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979; Garrick and Stotland, 1982). Indeed, the concept of formulation is central to the psychiatrist's approach.

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