Classical psychopathology highly valued the interaction between clinician and patient, and recent findings have provided preliminary evidence of an association between categorical psychiatric diagnosis and the clinician's subjective experience during the first clinical assessment. To extend these findings, the present study examined the relationship between psychopathological dimensions and clinicians' subjective experiences. The study involved 45 clinicians and 783 patients in several psychiatric inpatient and outpatient units. When they saw a new patient, the clinicians completed the Assessment of Clinician's Subjective Experience questionnaire (ACSE) and the 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Scores on five core psychopathological dimensions supported by meta-analytic evidence (Affect, Positive Symptoms, Negative Symptoms, Activation, Disorganization) were derived from the BPRS. Multivariate analysis revealed that each psychopathological dimension was characterized by a distinct pattern of independent associations with certain aspects of Clinician's Subjective Experience, as measured by the ACSE. This study provided preliminary evidence of significant and theoretically consistent relationships between major psychopathological dimensions and the psychiatrist's subjective experience during the first clinical evaluation. Improving the understanding of intersubjective processes may have important implications for theory, practice, research, and training.

Psychopathological dimensions and the clinician's subjective experience / Picardi, Angelo; Pallagrosi, Mauro; Fonzi, Laura; Biondi, Massimo. - In: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. - ISSN 0165-1781. - 258:(2017), pp. 407-414. [10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.079]

Psychopathological dimensions and the clinician's subjective experience

Pallagrosi, Mauro;Fonzi, Laura;Biondi, Massimo
2017

Abstract

Classical psychopathology highly valued the interaction between clinician and patient, and recent findings have provided preliminary evidence of an association between categorical psychiatric diagnosis and the clinician's subjective experience during the first clinical assessment. To extend these findings, the present study examined the relationship between psychopathological dimensions and clinicians' subjective experiences. The study involved 45 clinicians and 783 patients in several psychiatric inpatient and outpatient units. When they saw a new patient, the clinicians completed the Assessment of Clinician's Subjective Experience questionnaire (ACSE) and the 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Scores on five core psychopathological dimensions supported by meta-analytic evidence (Affect, Positive Symptoms, Negative Symptoms, Activation, Disorganization) were derived from the BPRS. Multivariate analysis revealed that each psychopathological dimension was characterized by a distinct pattern of independent associations with certain aspects of Clinician's Subjective Experience, as measured by the ACSE. This study provided preliminary evidence of significant and theoretically consistent relationships between major psychopathological dimensions and the psychiatrist's subjective experience during the first clinical evaluation. Improving the understanding of intersubjective processes may have important implications for theory, practice, research, and training.
2017
Dimensional psychopathology; Intersubjectivity; Psychiatric diagnosis; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Biological Psychiatry
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Psychopathological dimensions and the clinician's subjective experience / Picardi, Angelo; Pallagrosi, Mauro; Fonzi, Laura; Biondi, Massimo. - In: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. - ISSN 0165-1781. - 258:(2017), pp. 407-414. [10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.079]
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