HIPs and PIPs as a viable alternative to the DSM-IV-TR: A case study
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2012-12-03
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I present a case study of the healing interpersonal patterns (HIPs) and pathologizing
interpersonal patterns (PIPs) system of relational diagnosis. The HIPs and PIPs system was
developed by Dr. Karl Tomm in the 1980’s and has been utilized for clinical and administrative
purposes at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre for over 20 years. As a relational system of
diagnosis based on systemic principles, this system is a uniquely viable alternative to the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fourth Edition – Text Revised (DSM-IV-TR) within the
current medicalized health care system. I explain how Dr. Tomm created and implemented the
HIPs and PIPs system in ways that were acceptable to funders at Alberta Health Services, how
practitioners and students utilize the system in daily practice, comparisons between the system
and the DSM-IV-TR, and responses from families. I discuss implications of this research for
family therapists, health care administrators and researchers.
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Psychology--Clinical
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Eeson, J. (2012). HIPs and PIPs as a viable alternative to the DSM-IV-TR: A case study (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26372