'What would you do if you were me, doctor?': Randomised trial of psychiatrists' personal v. professional perspectives on treatment recommendations

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Mendel, Rosmarie ^a   Hamann, Johannes ^a   Traut Mattausch, Eva ^b   Bühner, Markus ^b   Kissling, Werner ^a   Frey, Dieter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; ROLE PLAYING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 78649755366     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.078006     Document Type: Article

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