Demoralization

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 ...

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

Distress, demoralization and psychopathology: Diagnostic boundaries

Background and Objectives: The objectives of the manuscript are: (a) to review the understanding of demoralization and its assessment; (b) to describe its clinical progression; (c) to explain the differences between demoralization and other form of psychological distress; (d) to propose a set of criteria for future research on demoralization. Methods: A MEDLINE search using the keywords distres...

Methods and Uses of Graph Demoralization

Moralizing graphs is useful in understanding independence relations in a directed graph and in converting to an undirected graph. However, the method of demoralizing graphs has not been properly addressed. This work presents graph demoralization. It describes the various methods for demoralizing graphs, and addresses applications of demoralization.

Demoralization: a precursor to physician burnout?

Volume 86, Number 9 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 861 Case Scenario A family physician in her mid-30s was a member of an established group practice. She worked three days per week in the practice and two days per week in an urban clinic for children and adolescents with developmental disorders (e.g., cerebral palsy, mental retardation, Down syndrome). She had been the medical direc...