The Very Important Patient.

VIP patient countertransference difficult patient entitled patient influential patient physician patient

Journal

Innovations in clinical neuroscience
ISSN: 2158-8333
Titre abrégé: Innov Clin Neurosci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101549695

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez: 14 12 2019
pubmed: 14 12 2019
medline: 14 12 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The Very Important Patient poses specific challenges to the treating psychiatrist. Whether it is fame, money, power or position that creates the VIP status, this type of patient can elicit similar feelings within the psychiatrist and create various treatment barriers. Boundary violations, accompanying entourage, presentation of gifts, devaluation, scheduling irregularities and transference/countertransference issues are some of the concerns that may arise within the psychiatric treatment of the VIP patient. This article will review the treatment dynamics created by the VIP patient as well as the approaches that the psychiatrist can utilize in a therapeutic manner.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31832261
pmc: PMC6850500

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

25-28

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019. Matrix Medical Communications. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

FUNDING:No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES:The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article.

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Auteurs

Danielle Gainer (D)

Dr. Gainer is Assistant Professor, and Dr. Cowan is Associate Professor, in the Department of Psychiatry at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Allison E Cowan (AE)

Dr. Gainer is Assistant Professor, and Dr. Cowan is Associate Professor, in the Department of Psychiatry at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

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