%0 Journal Article
%T Not So Fast: A Response to Raskin
%A Jay S. Efran
%A Jonah N. Cohen
%J Journal of Humanistic Psychology
%@ 1552-650X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0022167818777600
%X In our response to Raskin, we caution that combining incompatible vocabularies usually results in a linguistic muddle from which it becomes increasingly difficult to escape. Although omnibus terms such as ˇ°psychosocialˇ± and ˇ°biopsychosocialˇ± sound reasonable, they function merely as slogans, without any clear meaning or explanatory power. We recommend tailoring a linguistically consistent system to meet our needs as psychologists. We also warn against the tendency for some to blur the distinction between client input and professional perspectives
%K diagnostic system
%K map vs. territory
%K DSM-5
%K personal construct theory
%K biopsychosocial explanations
%K psychotherapy client input
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022167818777600