Individual risk factors for physician boundary violations: the role of attachment style, childhood trauma and maladaptive beliefs

The assessment and remediation of boundary-challenged healthcare professionals is enhanced through examination of individual risk factors. We assessed three such factors--attachment style, childhood trauma and maladaptive beliefs--in 100 attendees (mostly physicians) of a CME professional boundaries course. We propose a theoretical model which draws a causal arc from childhood maltreatment through insecure attachment and maladaptive beliefs to elevated risk for boundary violations.

Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kai MacDonald, Andrés F. Sciolla, David Folsom, David Bazzo, Chris Searles, Christine Moutier, Michael L. Thomas, Katherine Borton, Bill Norcross Tags: Corrigendum Source Type: research