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What do the Examiners Understand by Formulation?

A Survey of the Members of the College's Board of Examiners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Julie A. Hollyman
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17
Loic Hemsi
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17
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A recent survey of the views of clinicians at St George's Hospital on the content of the psychiatric formulation (Hollyman and Hemsi, 1983) revealed much diversity of opinion and confirmed our hypothesis that the notion is open to different interpretations. It seemed appropriate therefore to conduct a similar survey of College Examiners to discover whether there is similar variation in that group.

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References

Hollyman, J. A. & Hemsi, L. (1983) What do psychiatrists understand by formulation? A survey of clinicians in a group of hospitals in London. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 7, 140–43.Google Scholar
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