Communicating a schizophrenia diagnosis to patients and families: A qualitative study of mental health clinicians

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-554

  Outram, Sue ^a   Harris, Gillian ^b   Kelly, Brian ^b   Cohen, Martin ^c   Sandhu, Harsimrat ^c   Vamos, Marina ^c   Levin, Tomer T ^d   Landa, Yulia ^e   Bylund Lincoln, Carma L ^d   Loughland, Carmel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Department of Psychiatry Hunter New England Health ^*  (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PESSIMISM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84901848396     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300202     Document Type: Article

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