Facial emotion recognition in psychiatrists and influences of their therapeutic identification on that ability

Although emotional cues like facial emotion expressions seem to be important in social interaction, there is no specific training about emotional cues for psychiatrists. Here, we aimed to investigate psychiatrists' ability of facial emotion recognition and relation with their clinical identification as psychotherapy- psychopharmacology oriented or being adult and childhood-adolescent psychiatrist.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mihriban Dalkıran Varkal, Gozde Gultekin, Erhan Yuksek, Nalan Varsak, Hesna Gul, Zeliha Kıncır, Akif Tasdemir, Murat Emul Source Type: research