Perceptions about mental illness among pre-clinical medical students in Trinidad and Tobago
West Indian med. j
; 48(2): 81-4, Jun. 1999.
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em Inglês
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| ID: med-1516
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Perceptions about mental illness among medical practitioners are likely to determine their capacity to recognise, treat appropriately and refer patients who have mental health problems. It is therefore important that training of medical students in psychiatry is undertaken with knowledge of their attitudes to mental health disorders. We determined the perceptions of 108 pre-clinical medical students (69 males, 39 females; mean age 22 years) toward mental illness in Trinidad and Tobago by analysing their responses to a questionnaire based on a case vignette of a young man with a paranoid psychotic illness. 88 percent felt that medical treatment in hospital was the best means of treating the illness and 86 percent suggested that discharge should be conditional on regular visits to a doctor. 89 percent however opposed the patient's marrying into their families and 85 percent to his teaching their children. This was associated significantly with having a personal relationship with someone having a mental illnes (p < 0.03). Surprisingly, 25 percent believed that mental illness could be caused by supernatural forces, particularly females who were almost twice as likely as males to express this belief.(AU)
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Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
Problema de saúde:
Arranjos de Entrega
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Coordenação Multissetorial
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Medicina
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Atitude Frente a Saúde
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
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