Encountering Treatment Resistance

Solutions Through Reconceptualization

H. Paul Putman III
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
290 pages
ISBN: 9781615375158
April 2024

Recent studies suggest that anywhere from 20% to as much as 60% of psychiatric diagnoses are eventually labeled as treatment resistant. No consensus exists on a definition for treatment resistance, nor are there clear criteria for what is still an unrecognized diagnosis, which suggests that incomplete assessments, inadequate treatment planning, poor compliance, and faulty therapeutic alliances may be at play. This book argues that it is time to move away from treatment resistance and toward pending remission.