He Book Indicates It Is Not Good for the Clinician

question 22

Essay

he book indicates it is not good for the clinician to do too much of the talking in group. Why is this? What skills would you use to widen the discussion when one individual is monopolizing?

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Definitions:

Diathesis-Stress Model

A conception of psychopathology that distinguishes factors that create a risk of illness (the diathesis) from the factors that turn the risk into a problem (the stress).

Mental Disorder

A health condition involving significant changes in thinking, emotion, and/or behavior, associated with distress or impaired functioning.

Diathesis

A predisposition or vulnerability to developing a psychological disorder, often influenced by genetic, biological, or environmental factors.

DSM-IV

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a guide published by the American Psychiatric Association for diagnosing mental disorders.