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General practitioners pre and post training knowledge and attitude towards psychiatry
Naseem A Qureshi1, Henk T Van der Molen, Henk G Schmidt
1Continuing Medical Education & Research, Buraidah Mental Health Hospital, PO Box 2292, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (6) 3852242. Fax. +966 (6) 3853010.
Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
|February 5, 2013
Summary
Psychiatric training significantly improved general practitioners' (GPs) knowledge and altered some attitudes towards mental illness. Factors like type of help offered and GP demographics influenced these positive changes.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Medical Education
Background:
- General practitioners (GPs) often exhibit limited knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and hold unfavorable attitudes toward mental illness.
- This gap impacts the effective management of mental health conditions in primary care settings.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the impact of psychiatric training on GPs' knowledge and attitudes.
- To identify predictors of knowledge gain and attitude change following the intervention.
Main Methods:
- A pre- and post-test design was employed.
- Data were collected from General Practitioners at Buraidah Mental Health Hospital using a Knowledge Test and an Attitude Questionnaire.
Main Results:
- Psychiatric training demonstrably enhanced GPs' knowledge.
- While many pre-training attitudes were established, significant shifts in specific attitudes were observed post-intervention.
- Knowledge gain was linked to the type of psychiatric assistance provided by GPs, whereas gender and practice duration predicted attitude changes.
Conclusions:
- Psychiatric training courses effectively boost GPs' knowledge and induce significant attitudinal shifts.
- These changes have profound implications for destigmatizing mental disorders, enabling earlier diagnosis, and improving treatment outcomes for primary care patients.
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