Sometimes more competent, but always less warm: Perceptions of biologically oriented mental-health clinicians

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 668-676

  Lebowitz, Matthew S ^a   Ahn, Woo Kyoung ^a   Oltman, Kathleen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal explanations; competence; mental disorders; social perception; therapeutic alliance; warmth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944041023     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764015573086     Document Type: Article

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