The Very Important Patient

The Very Important Patient poses specific challenges to the treating psychiatrist. Whether it is fame, money, power or position that creates the VIP status, this type of patient can elicit similar feelings within the psychiatrist and create various treatment barriers. Boundary violations, accompanyi...

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Published inInnovations in clinical neuroscience Vol. 16; no. 7-08; pp. 25 - 28
Main Authors Gainer, Danielle, Cowan, Allison E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Matrix Medical Communications 01.07.2019
Subjects
Psychotherapy Rounds
entitled patient
physician patient
VIP patient
difficult patient
countertransference
influential patient
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Summary:The Very Important Patient poses specific challenges to the treating psychiatrist. Whether it is fame, money, power or position that creates the VIP status, this type of patient can elicit similar feelings within the psychiatrist and create various treatment barriers. Boundary violations, accompanying entourage, presentation of gifts, devaluation, scheduling irregularities and transference/countertransference issues are some of the concerns that may arise within the psychiatric treatment of the VIP patient. This article will review the treatment dynamics created by the VIP patient as well as the approaches that the psychiatrist can utilize in a therapeutic manner.
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DISCLOSURES:The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article.
FUNDING:No funding was provided.
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