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Psychiatric Orientation: a Study of Attitudes Among Psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Norman Kreitman
Norman Kreitman*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London; now at Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
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Over the past few years, workers in many diverse fields have become interested in the framework of the psychiatrist-patient relationship as a matter for study in its own right. Yet the pattern of professional opinions, conveniently subsumed under the term “orientation”, which the psychiatrist brings with him to the clinical situation, has received very little attention. In this paper an attempt will be described to measure certain aspects of psychiatric orientation, and to explore how these may be correlated with other variables.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 454 , May 1962 , pp. 317 - 328
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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