Adolescents are admitted to psychiatric wards presenting with psychiatric problems which are essentially secondary to problematic interpersonal relationships. Successful interpersonal relationships however depend on effective interpersonal communication. Therefore the aim of research on adolescent interpersonal communication was to explore and describe the interpersonal communication patterns o...

Disease treatments have been significantly influenced by the communications between patients, their families, and doctors the lack of which may lead to malpractice allegations and complaints. In particular, inadequate communication may delay diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, for doctors communication and interpersonal skills, are as important as clinical skills and medical knowledge. In this ...

This paper provides an updated view of the importance of various skills and traits for entry-level IT workers as perceived by the IT industry based on a web-based survey administered to IT managers nationwide. The survey consists of 47 skills and traits that include personal and interpersonal skills, as well as technical skills. This study finds that the top 12 skills and traits are personal an...

Accreditation of residency programs and certification of physicians requires assessment of competence in communication and interpersonal skills. Residency and continuing medical education program directors seek ways to teach and evaluate these competencies. This report summarizes the methods and tools used by educators, evaluators, and researchers in the field of physician-patient communication...

Service user involvement has become a common feature of education programmes for mental health students. However, little is known about the effects of this type of education on the interpersonal skills of students taking part. This paper reports findings from a systematic review that formed part of a wider investigation into service user involvement in teaching interpersonal skills. The review ...

This ar/icle was accepted for publica/ion Augus/ 1. 1992. ThiS past year, faculty at the School of Allied Health Sciences of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston offered an elective course to enhance student preparedness to face the interpersonal challenges that are apt to occur in practice, One catalyst for the development of this course was a letter from a student that read in ...

Mental health nursing is arguably one of the most interesting and challenging areas of nursing practice. It requires an integration of professional knowledge, clinical skills, interpersonal skills and experiences (Elder, Evans & Nizette, 2005). The central activity of mental health nursing is that of forming and maintaining ‘therapeutic relationships’. ‘Mental health nursing is thus firstly an ...