How psychiatrist's communication skills and patient's diagnosis affect emotions disclosure during first diagnostic consultations

Practice nurses mental health provide space to patients to discuss unpleasant emotions

“…Del Piccolo et al . () found that type and frequency of expressed emotion vary with patient diagnosis and that patients with mood disorders talked more explicitly and more often about their emotions, which is consistent with our results. In agreement with earlier studies (Vatne et al .…”

“…It is known that health providers’ competence in providing space by using active listening skills is essential to uncover patient's emotions (Del Piccolo et al . ). Providing space to patients who show signs of distress is universally appreciated by all patients (Mazzi et al .…”

“…In some situations, a non‐explicit response to a patient cue of concern may be more adequate than an explicit response, depending on the diagnosis, type of patient and expectation of the patient (Del Piccolo et al . ).…”

“…Health providers' competence in providing space by using active listening skills is essential to uncover patient's unpleasant emotions (Del Piccolo et al . ), and is associated with positive patient care outcomes and greater patient satisfaction (Epstein et al . ).…”

Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES): Conceptual framework and future directions

“…After having assessed whether the patients' expression of emotion has been explicitly picked up or not, the next logical step is to code whether the patient, explicitly or not, is invited to further disclose his or her emotion. [29]. Also in psychiatric context, cues had a higher probability of becoming explicit (concerns as defined by the VR-CoDES) after the provision of space [15].…”