The 6-point dial of treatment described in this case report is developed to guide graduate student psychological trainees through treatment and includes the following components: assessment of dangerousness, diagnosis, diagnosis-based treatment, ongoing evaluation of treatment response, obstacles to treatment, and motivation. The article describes the dial of treatment and present a case study of a client with paranoid schizophrenia (John) who presented at a graduate student training clinic to illustrate how this framework can be successfully applied. John exhibits marked improvement, based on both objective measures and clinician judgment of global functioning.
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