Modern Times and Quality of Care

Fuat Ulus, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.612

To the Editor: The March 2005 issue of Psychiatric Services featured many articles focusing on quality of care, especially care provided in outpatient settings. However, the articles did not address the issue of "time slots" for patients seen by psychiatrists in these settings.

Psychiatric illnesses, like any other medical disorders, used to be reviewed in three different stages—all starting with the letter R: remission (a symptom-free state); recovery (an illness-free state); and rehabilitation (a state free of sociofamilial, educational, and vocational problems). In recent years, we have not been giving much consideration to rehabilitation, although recovery is now receiving some attention.

Nowadays, psychiatrists are expected to see one patient every 15 minutes, which permits time only for a review of symptom remission—an assembly-line approach reminiscent of Chaplin's Modern Times. How can we be sure that high-quality care is delivered under these circumstances?'

Footnote

Dr. Ulus is affiliated with the behavioral health outpatient clinic at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Information & Authors

Information

Published In

Psychiatric Services

Volume 56 • Number 5 • May 2005

Pages: 612

PubMed: 15872180

History

Published online: 1 May 2005

Published in print: May 2005

Authors

Affiliations

Fuat Ulus, M.D.

View all articles by this author

Metrics & Citations

Metrics

Citations

Export Citations

If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.

For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu.

Format	RIS (ProCite, Reference Manager) EndNote BibTex Medlars RefWorks
Direct importt
Citation style
Style

Copy to clipboard
Tips for downloading citations

There are no citations for this item

View Options

View options

PDF/ePub

View PDF/ePub

Get Access

Login options

Already a subscriber? Access your subscription through your login credentials or your institution for full access to this article.

Personal login Institutional Login Open Athens login

Purchase Options

Purchase this article to access the full text.

PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now / Learn More

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5-TR^® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

Modern Times and Quality of Care

Footnote