Open AccessDiagnostic formulation
Author(s) -
K Kuruvilla,
Anju Kuruvilla
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.58905
Subject(s) - ambiguity , psychology , term (time) , medical physics , medical education , medicine , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Writing a 'Diagnostic Formulation' is a skill expected of candidates in the post-graduate examinations in psychiatry in most universities in India. However there is ambiguity regarding what the term means and how it should be written. This article is an attempt to provide some guidelines on this topic.