In addition to knowledge, a physician’s ability to engage and persuade through compassionate understanding and therapeutic optimism is an indispensable skill that may determine the ultimate outcome of their patient’s illness and health. From the moment a patient is first given a psychiatric diagnosis, they embark on a path to combat personal anguish, social isolation, and stigma in an effort to regain mastery of their life. The interaction between doctor and patient and the mutual communication and trust that underlie their therapeutic relationship are at least equal in importance to the efficacy of any medication that can be prescribed. As mental health information technology evolves and becomes ever more present during clinical encounters, the importance of understanding the patient’s perspective will be critical to physicians who want to preserve what is irreplaceable and therapeutically critical to the doctor–patient relationship.
A Nationwide Survey of Trauma Center Information Technology Leverage Capacity for Mental Health Comorbidity Screening
