Psychotherapy fees and residency training.
Many residents in psychiatry tend to ignore their patients' attitudes and behavior concerning payment of fees for psychotherapy. The authors report on a new fee policy program designed to earn additional revenue for a low-fee outpatient psychotherapy clinic; they stress the therapeutic importance of resident and patient attention to fee-related issues.
D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005382:Financing, Personal; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011584:Psychology; D014481:United States