THE AXIOLOGICAL DIMENSION IN PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS

This paper addresses the need to consider the valoric constitution of patients and therapists in the context of psychiatric encounters and proposes the notion of axiogram, a depiction of values and moral beliefs to incorporate into the clinical history as a proxy to a nosological dimension complementing the traditional multiaxial approach.

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Main Author: Lolas Stepke,Fernando
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2009
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2009000200003
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