Demoralization in Medical Practice

Demoralization in medical practice.

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their twice-weekly rounds, Drs. Stern and Maytal, as well as other medical staff and members of the Consultation Service, discuss the diagnosis ...

Brief psychotherapy at the bedside: countering demoralization from medical illness.

Bedside psychotherapy with medically ill patients can help counter their demoralization, which is the despair, helplessness, and sense of isolation that many patients experience when affected by illness and its treatments. Demoralization can be usefully regarded as the compilation of different existential postures that position a patient to withdraw from the challenges of illness. A fruitful in...

Demoralization among cancer patients in mainland China: validity of the Demoralization Scale (DS)

Psychosocial stress, demoralization and the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and medical drugs by veterinarians

BACKGROUND In this cross-sectional study the association between psychosocial stress, demoralization and the consumption of psychotropic substances in veterinarians was examined using data from a sample of 1,060 subjects (52.7% response). METHODS Multiple logistic regression models were used to determine risk factors for psychosocial stress, demoralization, tobacco consumption (not greater, l...

Emergencies in Medical Practice