What do general psychiatrists do? A question posed to medical students and the general population
| Autor: | Jordan Crame, Sarah White, G. Alice Ashby, Aileen O'Brien |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical medicine.medical_treatment education Population Computer-assisted web interviewing behavioral disciplines and activities Young Adult Electroconvulsive therapy Surveys and Questionnaires London mental disorders Use medication medicine Humans Psychiatry education.field_of_study business.industry Medical school General Medicine Middle Aged Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Family medicine Female General practice waiting room Postgraduate training business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Mental Health. 24:126-128 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0567 0963-8237 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/09638237.2014.971149 |
| Popis: | Misconceptions about the role of a psychiatrist are anecdotally widespread but have been under researched.This study aimed to establish views on training and working in psychiatry amongst preclinical medical students at a South London Medical School and amongst a general public sample.A semi-structured online questionnaire was used to survey medical students, with a similar paper questionnaire being used to survey members of the public in a general practice waiting room using a convenience sampling method.Strikingly, the majority of the public thought that psychiatrists did not need a medical degree (54%) or postgraduate training (56%). There were significant misconceptions about treatments used in mental health, for example 16% of the public sample thought psychiatrists never use medication and 31% of medical students (and 14% of the public) thought psychiatrists never use electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In response to "do you believe a psychiatrist is able to know what people are thinking?", 45% of students and 57% of the public answered "sometimes".The results have important implications for public education, as lack of awareness about psychiatry may inhibit help seeking for mental illness, and have a negative impact on recruitment to psychiatry amongst medical students. |
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