Points of Contact: Using First-Person Narratives to Help Foster Empathy in Psychiatric Residents

Autor/inn/en	Deen, Serina R.; Mangurian, Christina; Cabaniss, Deborah L.
Titel	Points of Contact: Using First-Person Narratives to Help Foster Empathy in Psychiatric Residents
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 34 (2010) 6, S.438-441 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
DOI	10.1176/appi.ap.34.6.438
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Psychiatry; Writing Exercises; Interviews; Patients; Empathy; Supervisors; Mental Disorders; Graduate Medical Education; Medical Students; Physician Patient Relationship; Writing (Composition) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Psychiatrie; Schreibübung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Patient; Empathie; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Arzt-Patient-Beziehung
Abstract	Objective: The authors aimed to determine if writing narratives in psychiatric training can foster empathy for severely and persistently mentally ill patients. Methods: One resident wrote first-person narrative pieces about three different patients at a community mental health clinic. She reviewed these pieces with a writing supervisor weekly. The supervisor and resident examined the style of writing, choice of words, and story line to help the resident learn about her feelings about the patient. Results: In each narrative, different choices were made that provided clues about that particular resident-patient relationship. These writing exercises helped the resident become more connected to her patients, develop interviewing skills, and engage in more self-reflection. Conclusion: Narrative writing effectively fostered empathy in a PGY-1 psychiatric resident working with severely and persistently mentally ill patients. This exercise also fostered understanding of countertransference and improved psychiatric history-taking skills. Psychiatry training programs may want to consider incorporating narrative writing exercises into their curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10