Should Psychiatrists Self Disclose?

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Edmund Howe¹ 

[1] Dr. Howe is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Director, Programs in Medical Ethics, and Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

关键词: Ethics;    psychiatrists;    self disclosure;    patient trust;    transference;    Marsha Linehan;    hope;    shame;    normalization;    harm;    intrusive;    minority groups;    gay patients;    gay psychiatrists;    being “real;    ”;    psychiatrists’ feelings;    psychiatrists who are ill;    psychiatrists and pregnancy;    psychiatrists and divorce;    the internet;   

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学科分类：精神健康和精神病学

来源: Matrix Medical Communications, LLC

【 摘 要 】

The extent to which psychiatrists disclose personal information about their feelings, their pasts, and themselves to their patients has always been an important ethical and clinical question. In the past, psychiatrists tended to believe they should not self disclose personal information to their patients, mainly to help patients by exploring their transference. More recent work has suggested that self disclosing by the psychiatrist may benefit some patients and cause harm to other patients. This article presents the author’s present understanding of some of the core pros and cons of self disclosing by the psychiatrist, as well as some specific contexts in which self disclosure is indicated or should be avoided.

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