The Enigma of Asthma

Pinkerton, Philip

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“…Questions such as these are addressed by physicians who direct their therapeutic attention to the prime source of difficulty; for example, should treatment be geared to psychotherapy, medication, surgery, environmental management, or what? Among the major disease syndromes studied in this manner are allergies, gastrointestinal problems, and cardiovascular disorders (Crown & Crown, 1973;Lipowski, 1975;McKegney, Gordon, & Levine, 1970;Pinkerton, 1973).…”

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A new psychodiagnostic tool for clients in rehabilitation settings: The MBHI.

Millon¹,

Green²,

Meagher³

1982

Rehabilitation Psychology

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There are very few psychodiagnostic instruments for assessing the emotional stability, cognitive outlook, and coping style of clients seen in rehabilitation settings. Established clinical tools have been designed for psychiatric populations and are only tangentially relevant. Excellent recent instruments for rehabilitation populations tend to focus on overt behavioral indices or vocational aptitudes. To supplement these latter realms of functioning, the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory (MBHI), a 150-item self-report inventory, may be seen to provide measures relevant to the client's psychological outlook and prognosis. It also appears useful as a guide for treatment planning and psychological counseling. The rationale, development, and uses of the MBHI are briefly described, while the focus of each of the instrument's 20 scales is also outlined.The client with rehabilitation needs may enter the health care system with a physical, functional, and/or psychological problem. Although medically stabilized, at least in regard to life-threatening concerns such as postsurgical complications, the client is now beginning a long, arduous, and highly individualized recovery process. Clinical health psychologists (Millon, Green, & Meagher, in press) play a central role in all phases of this process-from diagnosis, to treatment planning, to direct work with the client in facilitating recovery.The responsibilities of this multifaceted role neither require that the psychologist discard familiar clinical skills or techniques nor transform himself or herself into a totally new professional. However, they do call for the use of assessment and treatment tools that are more relevant to rehabilitation populations than those in the standard clinical armamentarium. The psychologist should seek creatively to extend previously acquired competencies to fit these new responsibilities. One such skill, that of psychodiagnostic assessment in rehabilitation settings, is the focus of this article. Fulfilling the role of psychodiagnostician in this setting may require considerable ingenuity and flexibility, since the task calls for tools, concepts, and strategies other than those that psychologists are likely to have been trained to employ in conventional mental health settings.

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Section: Search For Relevant Personological and Psychogenic Health Di...mentioning

confidence: 99%

A new psychodiagnostic tool for clients in rehabilitation settings: The MBHI.

Millon¹,

Green²,

Meagher³

1982

Rehabilitation Psychology

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“…Questions such as these are addressed by physicians who seek to focus their therapeutic attention on the prime source of difficulty, for example, should treatment be geared to psychotherapy, medication, surgery, environmental management, or what? Among the major disease syndromes studied in this manner are allergies, gastrointestinal problems, and cardiovascular disorders (Crown & Crown, 1973;Lipowski, 1975;McKegney, Gordon, & Levine, 1970;Pinkerton, 1973).…”

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The MBHI: A new inventory for the psychodiagnostician in medical settings.

Millon¹,

Green²,

Meagher³

1979

Professional Psychology

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where he directed the behavioral sciences teaching program and edited the associated text, Medical Behavioral Science, now used at numerous medical schools. A member of the DSM-111 Task Force, his primary work has been in clinical research. Among his books are Modern Psychopathology, Theories of Psychopathology, and Research Methods in Psychopathology. CATHERINE GREEN is a recent PhD from Loyola University of Chicago. Her primary work has been in health research and the clinical counseling of the physically ill.

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The Millon Behavioral Health Inventory

Green

Millon

1984

Psychological Risks of Coronary Bypass Surgery

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The Enigma of Asthma

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A new psychodiagnostic tool for clients in rehabilitation settings: The MBHI.

A new psychodiagnostic tool for clients in rehabilitation settings: The MBHI.

The MBHI: A new inventory for the psychodiagnostician in medical settings.

The Millon Behavioral Health Inventory

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