Agreement between client and therapist is an essential part of the therapeutic alliance.
While there are general challenges to the creation of agreement and shared meaning in all …

Background This paper responds to previously published debate in this journal around the
use of sociolinguistic methods in communication skills training (CST), which has raised the …

Objective Effective doctor–patient communication, including a shared understanding, is
associated with treatment adherence across medicine. However, communication is affected …

BackgroundA better therapeutic relationship predicts better outcomes. However, there is no
trial-based evidence on how to improve therapeutic relationships in psychosis. AimsTo test …

This paper analyzes crossing the street as a form of communication between pedestrians
and drivers, who are participants characterized by different types of mobility, and distinct …

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience marked health inequalities. This is
attributable, at least in part, to suboptimal healthcare communication with health care …

Background People with schizophrenia (SZ) often present with theory of mind (ToM) deficits
and with speech production deficits. While a link has been established between ToM …

Refusal to take psychiatric medication as prescribed is often considered negative, harmful,
and even reflective of a sign of one's illness. However, recent research from diverse sources …

Collaborative interaction pervades many everyday practices: work meetings, innovation and
product design, education and arts. Previous studies have pointed to the central role of …

Recent work on consultations between outpatients with schizophrenia and psychiatrists has
shown that adherence to treatment can be predicted by patterns of repair–specifically, the …