Beyond Critique
The Partners for Change Outcome Management System as an Alternative Paradigm to Psychiatric Diagnosis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9020539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry L Duncan (0000-0001-8371-2289, Heart and Soul of Change Project, Jensen Beach, FL, USA, corresponding author), Jacqueline A Sparks (0000-0003-0287-4484, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA), Sami Timimi (0000-0001-5768-2231, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-29 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022167817719975 |
| OpenAlex | W2739146883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
Critics claim that current psychiatric diagnostic systems lack reliability, validity, and clinical utility; are incompatible with known evidence of how change occurs in psychotherapy; are compromised by bias; and risk harmful effects for clients. This article argues that the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), a transparent, egalitarian process that collects and utilizes client feedback at each session, convincingly addresses these concerns. Furthermore, it suggests that PCOMS offers a viable alternative to the reimbursement and administrative functions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases. The authors propose that PCOMS represents a radical realignment of the practitioner/client relationship via full, dialogical partnership at every level of psychotherapy practice and thus constitutes a step toward a new paradigm that reconnects psychotherapy and humanistic psychology with its core relational values
Dialogical self · Epistemology · General partnership · Health care · Hopefulness · Outcome (game theory · Paradigm shift · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Reimbursement · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Medical power and social knowledge
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Great Psychotherapy Debate
The heart and soul of change
Evidence-based practice in psychology.
The generalizability of the psychoanalytic concept of the working alliance.
Alliance in individual psychotherapy.
Distinguishing Between the Validity and Utility of Psychiatric Diagnoses
The Subject and Power
Evaluation of psychotherapy
The birth of the clinic
Asylums
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |