title: Language and connectedness in the medical and psychiatric interview.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present and develop "connectedness" as a linguistically based concept for research and teaching of the medical and psychiatric interview; and to illustrate how this concept may be operationalized for systematic study and use.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the concept and its theoretical background, illustrate it with examples, and describe a basic rating scale for connectedness that can be used for research and teaching purposes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Connectedness is grounded in established concepts from the linguistic field of discourse analysis and is applicable to the study and teaching of medical and psychiatric interviews.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Connectedness is worthy of further study to enhance our understanding and our teaching of the interview.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Connectedness is a concept directly applicable to teaching and practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. nessde@upmc.edu
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Ness
authors.forename: Scott F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Kiesling
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003463:Cues; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods; D004645:Empathy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D007697:Kinesics; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D033262:Narration; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000523:psychology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D012660:Semantics; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior