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A Survey of Consultant Psychiatrists' Attitudes to their Work, with Particular Reference to Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. J. Hafner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, Clare House, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT
S. Lieberman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, Clare House, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT
A. H. Crisp
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, Clare House, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT

Abstract

Ninety-six out of 137 consultant psychiatrists working for the majority of their time in the London area outside academic units returned questionnaires concerning attitudes to their work. Analysis of the 88 fully completed questionnaires suggested the existence of four relatively discrete but overlapping patterns of psychiatric practice in the Regions concerned, of which two largely excluded individual psychotherapy. These findings are discussed in relation to the education in psychotherapy of trainee psychiatrists working in mental hospitals.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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