Cross-sectional survey on defensive practices and defensive behaviours among Israeli psychiatrists

Cross-sectional survey on defensive practices and defensive behaviours among Israeli psychiatrists

OBJECTIVE Psychiatry is a low-risk specialisation; however, there is a steady increase in malpractice claims against psychiatrists. Defensive psychiatry (DP) refers to any action undertaken by a psychiatrist to avoid malpractice liability that is not for the sole benefit of the patient's mental health and well-being. The objectives of this study were to assess the scope of DP practised by psych...

Defensive practice among psychiatrists: a questionnaire survey.

OBJECTIVE There has been little research on the prevalence of defensive practice within hospital settings. The aim of this report was to examine the extent of defensiveness among psychiatrists and to examine the relationship between defensiveness and seniority, as well as the effect of previous experiences on the level of defensiveness. DESIGN A postal questionnaire survey on defensive practi...

Symbiont infection affects aphid defensive behaviours.

Aphids harbour both an obligate bacterial symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, and a wide range of facultative ones. Facultative symbionts can modify morphological, developmental and physiological host traits that favour their spread within aphid populations. We experimentally investigated the idea that symbionts may also modify aphid behavioural traits to enhance their transmission. Aphids exhibit m...

Tort Reforms and Defensive Practices in Obstetrics

Defensive and Adaptive Mechanisms among Cancer Patients

The human body and mind have the particularity, in some cases, of providing us with extraordinary means to face life’s pitfalls. By that, we refer to the psychic defense and adaptive mechanisms. We know how to recognize these mechanisms among patients suffering from mental health problems and how to take them into consideration during our interventions. We associate them more commonly with seve...