The importance of acknowledgement of emotions in routine patient psychological assessment: The example of the dental setting

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The importance of acknowledgement of emotions in routine patient psychological assessment Hally, J.; Freeman, R.; Yuan, S.; Humphris, G. General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in Discovery Research Portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from Discovery Research Portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain.• You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. PEC paper for ArnsteinThe importance of acknowledgement of emotions in routine patient psychological assessment: the example of the dental setting Objective: To investigate, by means of a conceptual model, the effect of dental staff engaging with their patients who share their level of dental anxiety in a short screening questionnaire.Methods: Three consecutive studies based in the UK primary dental care services were conducted.

Dental students’ and patients’ perceived importance and knowledge of dental anxiety

“…Hally et al, 19 using video recordings, showed that if a dentist discussed the patient's MDAS result with the patient during the first few minutes of the appointment the extremely dentally anxious patient was less anxious 3 months later. 19 Therefore, the dentist's awareness and knowledge of dental anxiety together with effective communication skills allow the dentist to speak to the patient about their fears, make the treatment alliance and reduce dental anxiety. It may be suggested that clinical communication skills should be taught as part of behavioural management of dental anxiety to undergraduate students.…”

Understanding patients’ and dentists’ perspectives in dental trauma management: A mixed‐methods study

“…31 In view of the fear expressed by TDI patients, it may be useful for dentists to include psychological assessments as part of their routine practice to better alleviate stress and anxiety in their patients. Hally and coworkers 32 suggested that engaging patients to discuss and understand their experiences is a strategy dentists should adopt during their routine dental practice.…”

Clinical dental technicians in the United Kingdom: A qualitative understanding of the experiences, of practices and challenges of communication for dental professionals

“…The first is the exchange between dental professionals and the patient. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] The second concentrates on Intraprofessional Education or "IPE" Intraprofessional education or "IPE." 5,20,29,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39] The third area of communication literature that is prominent in the discourse is that of treatment outcomes or "patient-centred" care.…”

“…Communication literature concerning oral health practitioners is most often disseminated into one of four categories. The first is the exchange between dental professionals and the patient . The second concentrates on Intraprofessional Education or “IPE” Intraprofessional education or “IPE.” The third area of communication literature that is prominent in the discourse is that of treatment outcomes or “patient‐centred” care .…”