Biomedical subjects

P Slawson

Publications and source records attributed to P Slawson.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1993

Psychiatric malpractice: the low frequency risks.

This article updates a long-term study of psychiatric malpractice. The American Psychiatric Association professional liability insurance programme has insured an average of 10,000 psychiatrists each year since 1984. Two thousand malpractice insurance cases have been entered into a purpose configured relational database to permit analysis of clinical, demographic and economic variables. The results to date are reported and specific low frequency risks identified. Their significance for governmental and private sector mental health professionals is discussed.

Databases, Factual↗

PubMed1989

Psychiatric malpractice: ten years' loss experience.

The American Psychiatric Association authorized a study of cases closed before 1984 in its professional liability insurance programme. However, efforts to control the cost of medical malpractice insurance have failed. Psychiatrists may derive some comfort in knowing that their specialty continues to enjoy favourable rating compared with other forms of practice.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗

PubMed1985

Are American psychiatric outpatients more depressed than Chinese outpatients?

It has often been suggested that Americans tend to seek psychiatric help for depression, whereas Chinese patients are more likely to have somatic symptoms of emotional disturbance. When the authors tested this assumption by studying 99 Taiwanese and 97 American psychiatric outpatients given computerized diagnoses based on information obtained in a standard psychiatric interview schedule, they found that the Chinese patients scored higher on the measures of somatization but also on the measures of depression.

Adolescent↗