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Hospital Doctors' Management of Psychological Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard Mayou  and
E. B. O. Smith
Richard Mayou*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
E. B. O. Smith
Affiliation:
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Psychological and social difficulties are common amongst both medical and surgical patients, but psychiatrists are able to see only a very small proportion, and though hospital doctors have the main responsibility for psychological treatment, very little is known of what they actually do. Physicians and surgeons in Oxford answered a questionnaire on their attitudes and clinical practice: virtually all believed that emotional care is important, but what they do and what they would like to do in the assessment, treatment, and referral of their patients varied widely. There were associations with the extent of responsibility for chronic care, speciality, and seniority.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 2 , February 1986 , pp. 194 - 197
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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