In 1973 a mental health practitioner would have to read 3 research papers per day to stay up to date on the latest high quality research. By 2013 that number rose to 249 papers per day.
André Tomlin, The Mental Elf
Patients have attitudes to lifestyle change that indicate lack of receptiveness to a clinical appointment aimed at risk identification coupled with education and advice
We interviewed 45 participants who had been screened in the Department of Health Vascular Health Check Programme and identified as being at high risk of a vascular event (>20% in the next 10 years). Some described a clear positive response – “time to change”. Some described active resistance to the idea of any behaviour change, or they were dismissive of the message. A third group of responses involved acknowledgement but reluctance to do anything, describing: procrastination; downplaying; fatalism.
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