title: [The needs of psychiatric patients for contact with social counselors and the needs of relatives for contact with the patient's psychiatrists].
abstract: Psychiatric patients admitted for the first time and aged 18-45 years were investigated concerning their need for contact with a social worker and their relatives' need for contact with the psychiatrist concerned. 54% had already had contact with a social worker but 21% had an unfulfilled need for contact with a social worker. Patients from social class V, in particular, required contact with social workers. 62% of the relatives had no contact with the psychiatrist concerned and 61% of these were dissatisfied with this. 43% of the relatives who had contact with the patient's were not satisfied with that contact. It is emphasized that consideration of the patients' needs for contact with a social worker and the needs of there relatives for more frequent and better contact with the psychiatrist concerned are necessary and desirable to a greater extent than is the case at present.
authors.affiliation: Institut for psykiatrisk demografi, Psykiatrisk Hospital i Arhus.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Therkildsen
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Mors
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work; D000078329:Workforce