Patient trust in psychiatrists

Gregory Mather, David Baker and Richard Laugharne

Psychosis, 2012, vol. 4, issue 2, 161-167

Abstract: BackgroundGeneral medical and primary care patients have been shown to trust their doctors but the same is not known for mental health patients.Primary objectiveTo compare patients’ trust in psychiatrists with general practitioners and study the effects of patient age, gender, time knowing doctor, hospital admission and compulsory detention.MethodsPostal survey of mental health patients in Cornwall using ‘Trust in Physician’ rating scales and questionnaires regarding the secondary measures.ResultsMental health patients had good levels of trust in psychiatrists and GPs and that neither admission nor detention under the mental health act altered degree of trust. Male patients trusted their psychiatrists less than females.Conclusionsthis work provides evidence that psychiatrists, like GPs, are trusted and that this aspect of the doctor–patient relationship is not impaired by hospital admission and compulsory detention. Further work may be needed on developing trust with male psychiatric patients.Declaration of interestnone. Funding detailed in “Acknowledgements”. General medical and primary care patients have been shown to trust their doctors but the same is not known for mental health patients.To compare patients’ trust in psychiatrists with general practitioners and study the effects of patient age, gender, time knowing doctor, hospital admission and compulsory detention.Postal survey of mental health patients in Cornwall using ‘Trust in Physician’ rating scales and questionnaires regarding the secondary measures.Mental health patients had good levels of trust in psychiatrists and GPs and that neither admission nor detention under the mental health act altered degree of trust. Male patients trusted their psychiatrists less than females.this work provides evidence that psychiatrists, like GPs, are trusted and that this aspect of the doctor–patient relationship is not impaired by hospital admission and compulsory detention. Further work may be needed on developing trust with male psychiatric patients.none. Funding detailed in “Acknowledgements”.

Date: 2012
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