| Points of contact: using first-person narratives to help foster empathy in psychiatric residents. | |
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PMID: 21041467 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to determine if writing narratives in psychiatric training can foster empathy for severely and persistently mentally ill patients. METHODS: One resident wrote first-person narrative pieces about three different patients at a community mental health clinic. She reviewed these pieces with a writing supervisor weekly. The supervisor and resident examined the style of writing, choice of words, and story line to help the resident learn about her feelings about the patient. RESULTS: In each narrative, different choices were made that provided clues about that particular resident-patient relationship. These writing exercises helped the resident become more connected to her patients, develop interviewing skills, and engage in more self-reflection. CONCLUSION: Narrative writing effectively fostered empathy in a PGY-1 psychiatric resident working with severely and persistently mentally ill patients. This exercise also fostered understanding of countertransference and improved psychiatric history-taking skills. Psychiatry training programs may want to consider incorporating narrative writing exercises into their curriculum. |
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Serina R Deen; Christina Mangurian; Deborah L Cabaniss |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Volume: 34 ISSN: 1545-7230 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Psychiatry Publication Date: 2010 Nov-Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917200 Medline TA: Acad Psychiatry Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 438-41 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry at New York State Psychiatric Institute and with Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City, NY 10032, USA. sd2469@columbia.edu |
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