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Case Reports
. 2017 May;73(5):570-578.
doi: 10.1002/jclp.22454. Epub 2017 Jan 23.

Perceived Criticism in the Treatment of a High-Risk Adolescent

Jill M Hooley  1 , David J Miklowitz  2
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Perceived Criticism in the Treatment of a High-Risk Adolescent

Jill M Hooley et al. J Clin Psychol. 2017 May.

Abstract

Perceived criticism (PC) is a construct that plays a key role in family relationships of persons with psychiatric disorders. It can be assessed in a brief and simple way using the Perceived Criticism Measure. PC ratings made by patients about their caregivers predict adverse clinical outcomes including increases in symptoms and relapse across a broad range of psychiatric diagnoses. Although research supports the concurrent and predictive validity of PC, the measure is not widely used in clinical practice. Here, we describe the construct of PC and review evidence supporting its clinical utility. We then illustrate how criticism and perceptions of criticism can be addressed in a clinical context, describing a family focused treatment approach used with a depressed adolescent at high risk for bipolar disorder.

Keywords: adolescence; criticism, mood disorders; expressed emotion; families; treatment.

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