Clinical judgment and affective disorders.

Addresses 3 limitations of previous work on counselor clinical judgment by the 1st author et al (see record 1983-11141-001) and R. F. Haase et al (see record 1983-26503-001). Results of the study of 20 practicing counselors suggest that the judgment process used by experienced counselors to make diagnoses of affective disorders differs depending on the type of diagnostic judgment and that attributions may play a role in at least certain types of judgments. (8 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)