Psychiatrists' views and experiences of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

Autor:	Keith Brown, Andrew Donaldson, Christine Carswell
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Response rate (survey) Psychiatry and Mental health Postal questionnaire medicine.medical_specialty Nursing business.industry Family medicine Medicine Mental health care Workload business Mental health Patient care
Zdroj:	Psychiatric Bulletin. 31:83-85
ISSN:	1472-1473 0955-6036
DOI:	10.1192/pb.bp.106.010579
Popis:	Aims and MethodThis study assesses the views and experiences of psychiatrists of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. A postal questionnaire was sent to 340 consultant psychiatrists and specialist registrars throughout Scotland.ResultsA response rate of 76% was achieved (n=257); 31 respondents (12%) felt patient care had improved with the newAct; 167 (65%) felt that informal patients' care had suffered; 135 (52%) did not consider that tribunals were better than the previous court system; 151 (59%) felt that the out-of-hours workload had increased.Clinical ImplicationsAn early indication of psychiatrists' views and experiences of the new Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 is given.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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