Key Points Background Portrayals of mental illness in news and entertainment media can educate the public and promote help-seeking efforts, or they can create and perpetuate stigma. Clinical and Research Challenges Mass media reports of suicide can trigger imitation; following…
Key Points The purpose of the psychiatric interview is to establish a therapeutic relationship with the patient in order to collect, organize, and synthesize data that can become the basis for a formulation, differential diagnosis, and treatment plan. A fundamental…
Key Points Background The doctor–patient relationship is a key driver of clinical outcomes—both in promoting desired results and in avoiding calamities. Clinical and Research Challenges Especially in psychiatry, the physician must understand and relate to the patient as a whole…