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Doctors accessing mental-health services: an exploratory study.
Josephine Stanton1, Patte Randal
1Child and Family Unit, Auckland Healthcare, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. josephines@adhb.govt.nz
BMJ Open
|October 25, 2011
Summary
Doctors face challenges accessing mental healthcare due to unrealistic expectations and poor self-care. Improving peer support and non-doctor contacts
Area of Science:
- Medical Sociology
- Psychiatry
- Healthcare Professional Well-being
Background:
- Doctors often experience significant work-related stressors.
- Self-care and help-seeking behaviors among physicians can be impeded by professional culture.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore doctors' and their contacts' perspectives on accessing mental healthcare.
- To identify barriers and facilitators to mental healthcare utilization by physicians.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study employing semistructured interviews.
- Grounded Theory analysis of data from doctors, their personal contacts, and psychiatrists.
Main Results:
- Physicians reported unrealistic expectations, poor self-care, and minimization of mental health issues.
- Doctor contacts struggled to effectively support colleagues needing mental healthcare.
- Non-doctor contacts identified concerns but faced challenges facilitating access to services.
Conclusions:
- Addressing minimization/denial and supporting physician functioning is crucial.
- Enhancing doctor-to-doctor mental health conversations is needed.
- Leveraging non-doctor support networks can improve physician access to care.
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