Van Herzeele T, Vansteelandt K, Bouckaert F
Tijdschr Psychiatr. 2023;65(6):368-375.
Both the way a psychiatrist dresses and the way he gets addressed can have an impact on the therapeutic relationship. Most psychiatrists have stopped wearing white coats and dress less formally than before.
To identify psychiatrists’ and patients’ preferences regarding psychiatrists’ style of dress and form of address. To test if certain styles of dress are linked to competence or accessibility.
A total of 143 respondents, of which 35 psychiatrists and 108 patients, filled out structured questionnaires with pictures.
Psychiatrists, and both minor and adult patients, preferred psychiatrists to dress formally while elderly patients prefer them to wear white coats. The formal dress style and white coat were perceived as more competent than the informal style. Psychiatrists thought a white coat is regarded less accessible than a formal dress style and a formal dress style less accessible than an informal one. Adult patients regarded a white coat as less accessible than formal and informal dress styles. In elderly and minor patients no differences were seen in perceived accessibility for the three dress styles. Both psychiatrists and patients preferred a psychiatrist to be addressed with ‘doctor’ and a patient with his/her first name.
It seems a good choice for a psychiatrist to go formally dressed, let them be addressed by their title, and address patients by their first name.
精神科医生的着装方式以及他人对其的称呼方式都会对治疗关系产生影响。如今，大多数精神科医生已不再穿白大褂，着装也比以前更随意。
确定精神科医生和患者对于精神科医生着装风格及称呼方式的偏好。检验某些着装风格是否与专业能力或亲和力有关。
共有143名受访者，其中包括35名精神科医生和108名患者，他们填写了带有图片的结构化问卷。
精神科医生、成年患者和未成年患者都倾向于精神科医生着装正式，而老年患者则希望他们穿白大褂。正式着装风格和白大褂被认为比随意风格更具专业能力。精神科医生认为，白大褂比正式着装风格更缺乏亲和力，正式着装风格又比非正式着装风格更缺乏亲和力。成年患者认为白大褂比正式和非正式着装风格都更缺乏亲和力。在老年患者和未成年患者中，这三种着装风格在亲和力方面没有差异。精神科医生和患者都倾向于称呼精神科医生为“医生”，称呼患者时直呼其名。
精神科医生选择正式着装、被称呼其职衔并直呼患者名字似乎是个不错的选择。
