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Possibilities and pitfalls of pastoral diagnosis

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Models of pastoral diagnosis have been proposed in recent literature as a way of enhancing the effectiveness of pastoral care and giving the discipline of pastoral care increased distinctiveness. The authors attempt an analogical comparison of ministerial assessment and the risks and benefits of diagnosis within the context of medicine and psychiatry, in an effort to point out what might be conceivable positive possibilities as well as pitfalls of such models of pastoral diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, USA

    Douglas P. Hobson M.D.

  2. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia

    Mel Jacob Chaplain

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The authors wish to acknowledge the helpful comments and review by E. Mansell Pattison, M.D.

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Hobson, D.P., Chaplain, M.J. Possibilities and pitfalls of pastoral diagnosis. Pastoral Psychol 34, 30–41 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01760244

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