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Considerations Regarding the Acceptance of the Psychiatrist by the Training Staff

MILTON KRAMER, MD; EDWARD C. FRANK, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964;10(1):1-6.

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Introduction

There has been increasing encouragement to the psychiatrist to broaden his function beyond that of the narrowly clinical and to lend his specialized knowledge and skills to activities outside of direct patient care.¹³ Freeman⁸ has pointed out the character of one area of this new participation, that of "Mental Health Consultant." Caplan^4-6 has described the types of mental health consultation and discusses the difficulties involved in performing these tasks. Parker¹⁶ points out the problems which are encountered if the consultant is viewed only in the stereotyped role of the diagnostician and therapist for the mentally ill. Along with others,^7,14 she has indicated the need for supervision that psychiatrists working in this area may have, both to provide them with technical instruction and to help them in dealing with the anxieties this new role may stimulate.¹⁷

Based on our experiences as mental health consultants to two different Peace Corps . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CINCINNATI

Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine and Veterans Administration Hospital (Dr. Kramer) Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Louisville Medical School, Louisville, and Visiting Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine (Dr. Frank).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 22, 1963.

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