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National and Professional Factors in Psychological Consultation
Author(s) -
TALLENT NORMAN,
RAFI A. A.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1965.tb00455.x
Subject(s) - nationality , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , social psychology , immigration , archaeology , history
British and American psychiatric team members, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers were asked to judge the acceptability of various content categories which commonly appear in psychological reports. Both agreements and disagreements were noted within and between national groups, with both professional affiliation and nationality being apparent contributors to opinion. These findings may be understood in relation to differences in the orientation of psychiatrists, in the legal code of the two countries and in concepts of the psychologist's role. These observations pose theoretical and applied problems. Tallent & Reiss (1959) published a study which reported on the acceptability to members of the psychiatric team of a number of content categories which commonly appear in psychological reports. The results showed a high degree of variability among members within the three professional groups sampled, namely, psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric social workers. There were also differences in preferences between professions. The present study compares the American data with the preferences of psychiatric team members in Great Britain. Do national, as well as professional, differences exist?