How Psychiatrists Make Decisions - The Science of Clinical Reasoning

In this book, Heinrichs makes explicit the underlying methodology of the clinical reasoning of experienced psychiatrists.

List of contents

• Epigraph


• 1: Introduction: The need to articulate a method of clinical reasoning in psychiatry


• 2: Does evidence-based medicine provide a clinical method?


• 3: The role of models in clinical reasoning: The case of Ms K


• 4: Changing goals and changing models: The case of Mr Z


• 5: Models and patient values: The case of Mr D


• 6: Shifting and conflicting models: The case of Ms M


• 7: The POP model of clinical reasoning: Description and implications


• 8: How we reason and make decisions


• 9: The role of model construction in developing expertise in psychiatry


• 10: Justifying knowledge claims in psychiatric reasoning


• 11: Conclusions and future directions


• References

About the author

Douglas W. Heinrichs is a practitioner of general psychiatry and psychopharmacology. Having completed his medical and psychiatric training at Georgetown University, University of Cincinnati, and University of Maryland, Heinrichs has spent nearly a decade in clinical research and teaching at University of Maryland, concentrating on schizophrenic disorders. He has also spent 40 years of private practice in general psychiatry and psychopharmacology and is active in, and on, the executive committee of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas W. Heinrichs, Douglas W. (Private Practice of General Heinrichs
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2025
• EAN: 9780198960706
• ISBN: 978-0-19-896070-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Physician & Patient, Psychology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Psychiatry, doctor/patient relationship, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Doctor / patient relationship