Physician Belief Scale for Psychosocial Aspects of Patient Care

Are you a physician checking your attitudes towards psychosocial issues in patient care?

Unable to treat psychosocial problems

Patients do not want to be asked about psychosocial problems

Problems not personally experienced cannot be helped

Organic disease must be ruled out before considering psychosocial problems

Patients reject psychosocial discussions and will not come back

Physical disease and body perception can be influenced by the mind and brain

Psyhosocial issues problems are painful to deal with

The biological model of disease is the best one for health care

Psychosocial questions are intrusive

Both organic and psychosocial problems must be considered concurrently

Personal psychosocial problems can interfere in dealing with patient problems

Handling psychosocial problems will overburden me

Feel guilty when asking about psychosocial issues

Too pressed for time to deal with psychosocial issues

Patients think that psychosocial issues in their lives are irrelevant

life stresses do not influence disease

Time is too limited to consider psychosocial issues

Discussions of psychosocial issues make patients more dependent

Patients will not return if psychosocial issues are brought up

Psychosocial issues may not be be addressed because of all the other issues

Personal psychological problems need not interfere with patient care

Psychological problems requires a level of effort that is not available

Asking about psychological issues can trigger blame

Talking about psychological issues is not worth the trouble

Dealing with psychosocial issues makes me less efficient

Patients will reject me if I try to deal with psychosocial issues.

Investigating psychosocial issues will cause me to lose money and time

I cannot help psychosocial problems if mine are unresolved

Psychological issues can be investigated without a loss in efficiency

Organic disease can be treated but not psychological problems

Depression can cause a patient to present with vegetative somatic complaints.

Patients with psychological concerns may become dependent on me