Background: In the last decade, the clinician-patient relationship has become more of a
partnership. There is growing interest in shared decision-making (SDM) in which the …

The aim of the current article is to review the peer-reviewed research literature on cues and
concerns published between 1975 and 2006. To be included, articles had to report …

This paper describes the shared decision-making model, reviews its current status in the
mental health field, and discusses its potential impact on personalized medicine. Shared …

Background: Numerous studies have shown that the quality of the therapeutic relationship
(TR) between the patient and the clinician is an important predictor of the outcome of …

OBJECTIVE: Active listening is a prerequisite for a successful healthcare encounter, bearing
potential therapeutic value especially in clinical situations that require no specific medical …

BackgroundPatient involvement in the decision-making process is a key element for good
clinical practice. Few data are available on patient involvement in psychiatry. AimsTo assess …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate older cancer patients' informational and emotional cues, how
nurses respond to these cues and the effect of cues and responses on patients' information …

AimsPsychiatric treatments have specific and non-specific components. The latter has been
addressed in an extensive literature on the placebo-effect in pharmacology and on common …

Abstract Objective To describe the Emoty-Com training, its impact on medical students'
attitudes towards doctors' emotions and to explore the association between students' …

Psychiatrist outpatient office visits have the potential to support the recovery of adults with
severe mental illnesses by engaging them in a collaborative process of evaluating …