Consultees' representations of consultants' psychiatric diagnoses
Abstract
In an attempt to characterize consultees' representations of consultants' psychiatric dagnoses, the authors reviewd the medical records from 190 psychiatric consultations in a general hopsital. Using specific outcome criteria, they rated 50% of representations as concordant and 39% as nonconcordant. Five variable,s icluding the primary medical diagnosis at discharge and the referring service, were significantly related to concordance. Surprisinlgy, concordance was independent of the psychiatric diagnosis, indicating theat consultees did not respond differentially to varying magnitudes and implications of the different disorders. This work raises the question of possible strategies to improve receptivity to psychiatric diagnoses in the consultation setting.
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