Psychiatry, as a major medical discipline, is an integral part of the education of all physicians. Many patients have psychiatric disorders that affect their lives, regardless of whether they present in the psychiatric or medical setting for treatment. All patients expect their physicians to understand them, even if they are themselves unaware of their own psychologies. "Evidence," such as it is, does not convince anyone not to teach a specialty. Some things for which there is no evidence today will have evidence in the future; likewise, evidence of which we seem sure today may not be as "true" in the future. We know there are facts about diagnosis and treatment that we need to know, but we are not always sure what those facts are. In this light, I will not present "evidence," though I will reference some of the literature that applies to what I am discussing. What I propose to do is to raise a few questions about what, how, when, and to whom we teach psychiatry. For those of us who are psychiatric clinician/educators, it may seem obvious that we should be teaching psychiatry to nonpsychiatric physicians. As the majority of students who become physicians
The Teaching of Psychiatry to Non-Psychiatrists: The Patient as a Person
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Psychiatry, as a major medical discipline, is an integral part of the education of all physicians. Many patients have psychiatric disorders that affect their lives, regardless of whether they present in the psychiatric or medical setting for treatment. All patients expect their physicians to understand them, even if they are themselves unaware of their own psychologies. "Evidence," such as it is, does not convince anyone not to teach a specialty. Some things for which there is no evidence today will have evidence in the future; likewise, evidence of which we seem sure today may not be as "true" in the future. We know there are facts about diagnosis and treatment that we need to know, but we are not always sure what those facts are. In this light, I will not present "evidence," though I will reference some of the literature that applies to what I am discussing. What I propose to do is to raise a few questions about what, how, when, and to whom we teach psychiatry. For those of us who are psychiatric clinician/educators, it may seem obvious that we should be teaching psychiatry to nonpsychiatric physicians. As the majority of students who become physiciansPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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The Teaching of Psychiatry to Non-Psychiatrists: The Patient as a Person
Muskin, Philip R.
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, Volume 32 (6): 460
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Nov 1, 2008
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