title: Concepts and practice of prognosis in psychiatry.
abstract: The frequency with which prognosis is made in psychiatry is not known. This paper reports a study of the frequency and content of prognosis as recorded by staff psychiatrists and residents in a psychiatric teaching hospital. In addition, a review was carried out on the use of prognosis in ten psychiatric textbooks. The findings suggest that closer attention should be given to the teaching of prognosis. There is a clear need to consider moving away from the close dependence of prognosis on diagnosis, and from the unidimensional view of prognosis. Reasons are given for developing a prognosis, and suggestions are made regarding the organization of the prognostic statement.
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation