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53rd Annual Meeting Program Schedule
Clinical Case Conference 2 - How Formulation Enriches Diagnosis: Fifteen Moments in Psychotherapy

Wednesday, October 25
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. (open)

Lenore C. Terr, M.D., A. Reese Abright, M.D., Michael Brody, M.D., Susan Donner, M.D., Spencer Eth, M.D., Louis Fine, M.D., Victor Fornari, M.D., Ajit Jetmalani, M.D., Richard Livingston, M.D., Henry N. Massie, M.D., James Powers, M.D., Kenneth Robson, M.D.

This Clinical Case Conference presents 15 vignettes that capture the importance of formulation in understanding a case beyond what is expressed in the multiaxial diagnosis. The discussion identifies four governing principles that demonstrate why every evaluation of a youngster should result in both a diagnosis and a formulation. It also demonstrates how formulation is crucial to some dramatic therapeutic successes.