Screening for psychosocial problems in health settings.
Providing comprehensive care requires identifying the total range of social, psychological, and medical needs that patients present to their health care providers. This study compares two approaches used to screen people for psychosocial problems in a hospital clinic. Findings suggest that a method in which clients identify their own problems yields different results from an alternative method in which professionals identify problem areas.
D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008722:Methods; D008824:Michigan; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010358:Patient Participation; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000523:psychology; D012940:Social Problems