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The importance of embedding psychopathology and phenomenology in clinical practice and training in psychiatry.
- Source :
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BJPsych Advances . Sep2020, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p287-295. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- SUMMARY: Psychiatrists live and work in complex, clinically challenging times. Their paperwork is geared increasingly towards defensive practice, key performance indicators and risk assessment forms. Somewhere in the process, detailed understanding of patient experience and clinical formulation based on key psychiatric expertise and skill in mental state examination have taken a backseat. I review the history behind the Present State Examination, the realisation in the 1980s of the need for a common psychiatric language internationally and the current position on phenomenology in psychiatry curricula in the UK. I conclude that it is time to think seriously about a return to basics in psychiatric phenomenology and psychopathology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20564678
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BJPsych Advances
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145298629
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2020.6