TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Conceptions and the Role of the Psychiatrist in Germany and America
AU - Townsend, J. Marshall
PY - 1978/12
Y1 - 1978/12
N2 - Matched samples of mental hospital staff and high school students completed mental health questionnaires in Germany and America. The results were factor analysed. One factor concerned the role of the psychiatrist. The role of the psychia trist in each culture seems to reflect basic cultural conceptions of mental disorders. Reference to two earlier papers indicates that patients, staff, and public share these basic conceptions and these conceptions affect patient-staff relationships.
AB - Matched samples of mental hospital staff and high school students completed mental health questionnaires in Germany and America. The results were factor analysed. One factor concerned the role of the psychiatrist. The role of the psychia trist in each culture seems to reflect basic cultural conceptions of mental disorders. Reference to two earlier papers indicates that patients, staff, and public share these basic conceptions and these conceptions affect patient-staff relationships.
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U2 - 10.1177/002076407802400404
DO - 10.1177/002076407802400404
M3 - Article
C2 - 744709
AN - SCOPUS:0018226594
SN - 0020-7640
VL - 24
SP - 250
EP - 258
JO - International Journal of Social Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Social Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -