title: Influence of professional background and sex of therapist on attitudes towards patients.
abstract: A brief report of the attitudes of therapists towards psychiatric outpatients, varying in socioeconomic background, insight levels and degrees of disturbances, is presented. Results suggest that the professional affiliation and sex of therapists influenced their attitudes towards the patients.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011570:Psychiatry; D011584:Psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric