Psychiatry house officers, who lack psychological
mindedness, struggle to understand the multiple determinants of behavior, or
the numerous meanings of a single symptom.
This is unfortunate because most psychiatry resident interns feel that
they are finally among the group where they belong…like-minded physicians who
share a fascination with human nature and a desire to grasp all the nuances and
complexities of human behavior. This paper provides a framework for psychiatry
departments to train residents along a continuum of psychological mindedness.
Each Psychiatry resident should initially complete the 21 items. For residents
who score below 10, the supervisor should consider having the resident complete
the Psychological Perspective Taking and Empathic Concern Scales on the
Interpersonal Reactivity Index. The intended goal of this intervention is to
acknowledge that all scores, low and high, are helpful in regard to training
psychiatric residents.
The authors explain the concept of psychological mindedness,
explore the pros and cons of acquiring psychological mindedness, and a
scientific basis for its use in general psychiatry. A new model is included to
capture any resident’s ability to become psychologically minded, with direction
for Program directors to possibly develop growth in a resident's psychological
mindedness over four years of training.
Author(s)details:-
Mark Cogburn
LSU Health—Shreveport; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Nahrain Raihan
LSU Health—Shreveport; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Hannah Scott
LSU Health Sciences Center—New Orleans, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA, USA.
Hannah Cogburn
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/rudhr/v7/358
