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L E Gibbs

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PubMed1987

Clinicians' fallacies in psychiatric practice.

Eleven common clinicians' fallacies have been briefly described. Based on experience, the authors of this article believe these are the most common and pernicious ones in interdisciplinary psychiatric treatment. These patterns may lead to erroneous interdisciplinary treatment decisions for many patients. In order to protect the well-being of psychiatric patients, their families, and the integrity of interdisciplinary treatment teams, it behooves each and every team member to become knowledgeable about clinicians' fallacies. Those aware of clinician's fallacies will reason more soundly basing judgments on empirical evidence, careful observation, measurement, and a determination not to be influenced by emotional appeals.

Decision Making↗
PubMed1983

Validity and reliability of the Michigan alcoholism screening test: a review.

This review uses tables to summarize empirical evidence about the validity and reliability of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). Twelve studies met standards for inclusion. MAST diagnosis agreed with diagnosis by other criteria for alcoholism in approximately three of four cases. Where inconsistency occurred, MAST tended to over-diagnose. Because reliability was lower for shorter versions, longer versions should be used where practical.

Alcoholism↗
PubMed1980

A classification of alcoholics relevant to type-specific treatment.

This classification is intended to meet four criteria for a good taxomony so that it might serve as a guide for matching types of alcoholics with types of treatments. Steps used to develop the classification include: isolating prognostic indicators (prognostic indicators are personal characteristics of alcoholics that are shown empirically related to treatment response), hypothesizing how 50 prognostic indicators should cluster, measuring the indicators among 60 male alcoholics from five different treatment facilities, and comparing the hypothesized clusters with clusters derived by the Johnson maximum hierarchical clustering procedure. Two hypothesized clusters, which were largely confirmed, were converted to Social Stability and Intellectual Functioning Scales. These scales were used to classify 60 original and 20 additional nonrandomly selected alcoholics into four types. The classification awaits replication and a test of the effectiveness of type-specific treatment.

Alcoholism↗