Medical expertise may also contribute to a decision not to employ psychotherapeutic techniques. Psychiatric medical evaluation and management are not static procedures. Rather, they are ongoing dynamic and interactive processes whereby treatment procedures continually provide new data, utilized to develop a more profound and sometimes altered diagnostic understanding which, in turn, allows for refinement and changes in treatment. D. Psychotherapy is a complex and exacting procedure requiring extensive training including supervised clinical experience. A variety of techniques have been developed, standardized in journals, manuals, and texts, and researched using appropriate methodology to evaluate and enhance efficacy and specificity of case selection and modes of intervention.
Different techniques are applicable in different age groups and diagnostic categories.
Psychotherapy may be conducted individually, in family units, or in groups, as clinically indicated. E. Psychotherapy is practiced by several professions, most notably psychiatry, clinical psychology, and clinical social work. The training of each profession makes a distinctive contribution to the work of the psychotherapist, in addition to the common elements of psychotherapy practiced by all well-trained professionals. We are here concerned with the distinctive contribution of psychiatric medicine to psychotherapy. F. Medical evaluation and management are intrinsic to all psychotherapy conducted by a psychiatrist.