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Differences Between Physically-minded and Psychologically-minded Medical Practitioners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. J. Walton
H. J. Walton*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Morningside Park, Edinburgh 10
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Concern is now general (College of General Practitioners, 1958; Hill, 1960; School of Medicine and Human Biology, 1963) that doctors are inadequately trained for a number of the demands made on them in practice. Many doctors are not equipped to treat emotional disorders and to collaborate with psychiatrists in the treatment of psychologically ill patients. Under present conditions many young doctors graduate with a distinct antipathy to the social and emotional aspects of illness (Walton et al., 1963; Walton et al., 1964). Experienced general practitioners sometimes express strong dislike for the psychological component of their practice and disinclination to get any further training in psychological medicine (Rawnsley and Loudon, 1962). Even those doctors who do seek instruction in psychiatry differ widely in the type of teaching they want and in their attitudes to patients (Walton, 1965). Many of those selecting themselves for training are unsuitable (Balint et al., 1966).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 492 , November 1966 , pp. 1097 - 1102
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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