Transference (meant in this context, as the patient relational patterns expressed towards the clinician) and therapeutic alliance play a crucial role in the treatment of personality pathology. To date...
A national sample of therapists (N = 100) of different theoretical orientations assessed dysfunctional personality features of a patient in their care using a comprehensive and empirically grounded di...
Overall, the most severe and maladaptive dimensions of patients' personality were associated with more negative clinician-patient dynamics and poorer levels of therapeutic alliance in statistically si...
Findings support that therapists' careful understanding of patients' interpersonal ways during early treatment stages may meaningfully inform diagnostic and therapeutic processes....
Indigenous patients experience challenges while accessing and utilizing healthcare services that relate to worsened health experiences. Bias towards Indigenous patients is prevalent in healthcare sett...
This study sampled Indigenous patients (...
A total of 15 themes were developed under the category of an effective health encounter. Highlighted themes include healthcare that is free of stigma, quality care, respecting trauma experiences, expa...
With some of the largest proportions of health disparities and bias experiences in the US, it is critical that healthcare delivered to Indigenous patients incorporate culturally safe care to regain di...
Healthcare professionals (HCPs) can play an important role in encouraging patients and their caregivers to be vaccinated. The objective of this qualitative study was to investigate HCPs' perspectives ...
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 41 HCPs (mainly nurses and physicians) with vaccination roles (23 in England; 18 in France), gathering information on: (1) HCPs' approach to vaccine conv...
HCPs described a range of communication experiences that indicated insufficient time, information, and skills to confidently navigate difficult conversations with vaccine-hesitant patients. Communicat...
HCPs would benefit from training tailored to address vaccine communication with patients, and this should be part of a systemic approach that also provides time and space to have effective vaccine con...
To explore and characterise maternity healthcare professionals' (MHCPs) experience and practice of shared decision-making (SDM), to inform policy, research and practice development....
Qualitative focus group study....
Large Maternity Unit in the Southwest of England....
MHCPs who give information relating to clinical procedures and pregnancy care relating to labour and birth and are directly involved in decision-making conversations were purposively sampled to ensure...
A semistructured topic guide was used....
Reflexive thematic analysis was undertaken....
Seven focus groups were conducted, comprising a total of 24 participants (3-5 per group). Two themes were developed: contextualising decision-making and controversies in current decision-making. Conte...
We found that MHCPs are committed to SDM but need better support to deliver it. Structured processes including Core Information Sets, communication skills training and decision support aids may help t...
We report on a qualitative Group Survey study involving four healthcare professionals (HCPs) and eight people living with HIV who were recipients of care in the United Kingdom (UK). The survey aimed t...
People with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) were first able to access COVID-19 vaccines in Australia from March 2021, when vaccine hesitancy in the general population was high (14-43%). High uptake of vacci...
149 PwMS living in Australia completed the on-line survey (April-September 2021) examining demographic, environmental and clinical factors with respect to vaccine willingness, including attitudes towa...
A majority of the respondents were female (87.2%) with relapsing-remitting MS (77.5%) treated by a neurologist (94.0%). A majority were on high efficacy disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) (64.9%), whi...
Our study highlights that vaccination efforts should be delivered by healthcare professionals, focus on educating those who are managed with DMTs, and include individual recommendations related to spe...
In the UK, inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation services for complex psychosis aim to provide recovery-orientated treatment to patients, with the goal of supporting sustained stepdown into community l...
We conducted an ethnographic study of treatment on a National Health Service (NHS) psychiatric rehabilitation ward in London over six months during August 2022-February 2023. Data were collected throu...
Our analysis highlights the importance of what we term 'relational engagement' between staff and patients to nurture and sustain recovery-orientated treatment. This relational engagement was embodied ...
Relationships, often under-prioritised in mental health services, were a key cornerstone of recovery-orientated treatment on a psychiatric rehabilitation ward. The shaping of therapeutic relationships...
The study aimed to explore how changes in clients' relational patterns during psychodynamic psychotherapy relate to treatment outcomes and therapy effectiveness....
Seventy clients receiving psychodynamic psychotherapy in a university counseling center were interviewed three times and filled out the OQ-45 questionnaire five times during therapy. We used the Core ...
First, we found that clients' relational patterns with their parents correlated with relational patterns with their therapists across several time points in therapy. Then, we found significant interac...
The findings suggest that the transference phenomenon is related to therapy outcomes differently in effective and less-effective therapies, depending on the transference intensity. Further research is...
Therapeutic relational connection (TRC) in telehealth is a new concept that refers to the intentional use of relationship connection between health care providers and their patients as both parties wo...
This paper aims to explore the evolutionary concept of TRC in telehealth. The purpose of this paper is to provide a concept analysis of TRC during telehealth interactions between providers and patient...
Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis method was used to guide this study. PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL were used to search for relevant publications. An integrative review strategy aided by ...
The proposed definition of TRC in telehealth is the experience of a mutually responsive patient-provider relationship that is built on mutual respect and understanding and informed by cultural humilit...
Telehealth visits necessitate alternative approaches to establishing TRC as compared to in-person clinic visits. With the rapid expansion of telehealth platforms and a heightened acceptance of the tec...
This study aimed to develop the Therapist Self-Efficacy Scale (T-SES), and test its validity in a sample of Italian mental health therapists, to assess their professional self-efficacy concerning thei...
A sample of 322 Italian mental health professionals (37.6% psychologists, 62.4% psychotherapists; M...
The T-SES showed a clear, one-factor structure with good psychometric properties. Significant associations were found with insight orientation, general self-efficacy, self-esteem, and personality trai...
The T-SES is an agile and versatile self-report measure for mental health professionals to assess their self-efficacy concerning their therapeutic activity, which can provide information for tailoring...
