Doubts about Being of Value: An Important Aspect of Countertransference in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Doubts about being of value to medically ill patients and their referring physicians is not an uncommon emotional reaction of consultation-liaison psychiatrists to the medical environment. Both realistic perceptions of negative attitudes of non-psychiatric physicians as well as unrealistic doubts ab...

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Published in:International journal of psychiatry in medicine 1985-01, Vol.15 (4), p.329-333
Main Author: Teitelbaum, Mark L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Countertransference (Psychology)
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Physicians - psychology
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Referral and Consultation
Self Concept
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Summary:Doubts about being of value to medically ill patients and their referring physicians is not an uncommon emotional reaction of consultation-liaison psychiatrists to the medical environment. Both realistic perceptions of negative attitudes of non-psychiatric physicians as well as unrealistic doubts about their potential uesfulness, which may be projected upon and attributed to their non-psychiatric colleagues, can contribute to this unsettling response. This reaction may interfere with effective collaboration between consultation-liaison psychiatrists and their non-psychiatric colleagues and needs to be understood and mastered.
ISSN:0091-2174
1541-3527
DOI:10.2190/V4K8-6889-BU1N-V6UU