| Abstract: | Surveyed 80 physicians at the University of Kansas Medical Center on their perceptions of psychology's role in medicine. The sample included residents and staff physicians from 4 medical specialities: family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, and psychiatry. It was found that the problems perceived as having the largest psychological component were depression, alcoholism, obesity, and headaches. Medical problems seen as having minimal psychological components were cancer, heart disease, and arthritis. Ss expressed an interest in treating the psychological components of medical illness themselves. They also reported that they would consult psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers on an equal basis for treating these problems. (13 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
