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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 127, No. 2

Articles | August 01, 1970

Effects of Increased Therapist Commitment on Emergency Psychiatric Evaluations

ALFRED E. WEISZ; PETER S. HOUTS; DONALD C. STRAIGHT

Am J Psychiatry 1970;127:237-241.

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Assistant professor of psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif. 94305

Assistant professor of behavioral science, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, University Park, Pa.

Lecturer and clinical social worker, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.

1971, American Psychiatric Association

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The authors conducted a study on 199 emergency walk-in patients, 98 of whom were given a one-month follow-up interview and free medication samples by first-year resident. This manipulation increased the therapists' optimism about prognosis, the number of interviews beyond the emergency evaluation, and the likelihood that the resident who first saw the patient on the emergency service would invite the patient into treatment.

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