Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:1454-1457
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association
Clinical supervision of the initial interview: effects on patient care
S Jaynes, E Charles, F Kass and S Holzman
The authors raise the question of whether the directly supervised initial
evaluation of outpatients by psychiatric residents influences the quality
of patient care. The charts of 78 patients with direct supervision and 78
patients with traditional supervision were randomly selected for review
four months after the initial interview. More than twice as many patients
with direct supervision remained in active treatment or terminated after
successful short-term treatment compared with traditionally supervised
patients in the early intake period. Patients with direct supervision also
received a less pathological diagnosis.
