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  • Don’t let Scrooge ruin Christmas for Lyme disease patients

    Don’t let Scrooge ruin Christmas for Lyme disease patients

    The authors “tested the effects of biological explanations among mental health clinicians, specifically examining their empathy toward patients,” and found that biological explanations significantly reduced clinicians’ empathy. “This is alarming because clinicians’ empathy is important for the therapeutic alliance between mental health providers and patients and significantly predicts positive clinical outcomes,” the authors point out. This study focuses…