Do patients prefer optimistic or cautious psychiatrists? An experimental study with new and long-term patients

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• 作者：Stefan Priebe ; Gonca Ramjaun ; Nadia Strappelli ; Eleonora Arcidiacono…
• 关键词：Psychiatric treatment ; Treatment expectations ; Pharmacotherapy ; Psychological treatment ; Communication ; Information
• 刊名：BMC Psychiatry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：380KB
• 刊物主题：Psychiatry; Psychotherapy;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-244X
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundPatients seeking treatment may be assumed to prefer a psychiatrist who suggests a new treatment with confidence and optimism. Yet, this might not apply uniformly to all patients. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that new patients prefer psychiatrists who present treatments optimistically, whilst patients with longer-term experience of mental health care may rather prefer more cautious psychiatrists.