Matthew S. Lebowitz studied how explanations of mental disorders influence clinicians’ reported empathy. Experimentally varying biological and psychosocial explanations separates an effect of the explanatory framing from differences between the underlying case descriptions. The resulting empathy ratings are an observed response, while changes in actual clinical behavior or patient outcomes require additional evidence. [ref]
Effects of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians' empathy by Matthew S. Lebowitz and others. 2014, experimental explanation framing and clinician ratings
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