After the child and family have been assessed, the clinician faces a daunting task:
integrating the data into a case formulation, the basis for comprehensive treatment. It is
important to avoid two errors in developing the formulation. The first error is to see religion
and spirituality as primary factors in each clinical presentation. Although religion and faith
may be the most important things in a family's life and the most powerful determinants of
parenting, they may be only indirectly related to the clinical condition being evaluated. The …