The Development of Case Formulation Approaches

Abstract

There is ample evidence from psychological therapies that case formulations are entirely possible to communicate to staff or clients. However, as case formulation has become fashionable in recent years, its definition and description has changed in a less precise and focused direction, moving away from the original intention of its pioneers. The foundations for clinical–experimental work on the basis of learning principles, both for assessment and treatment, were laid by Hans Eysenck and his team in the early 50s at the Maudsley Hospital in London. Victor Meyer was one of Eysenck's early students who began practising as a clinical psychologist in 1955. Further developments on Meyer's case formulation approach were carried out by some of his students, who, for the first time, attempted to apply case formulation in other settings, e.g. outpatient services and behavioural medicine.

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