IGDA. 9: Linking diagnosis to care – treatment planning

Abstract

Clinical care starts with the first diagnostic interview. Therapeutic planning and prognosis should be based on competently conducted and documented comprehensive diagnosis, i.e. a standardised multi-axial formulation covering clinical disorders, disabilities, contextual problems and quality of life, as well as an idiographic or personalised formulation articulating the perspectives of the clinician with those of the patient and family on contextualised clinical problems, the patient's positive factors, and expectations about restoration and promotion of health.