A comparative study on the psychiatric specialist system between Europe and China / 中华医学教育探索杂志

European psychiatric specialist training system has been maturely developed for 6 decades.The institutional framework for psychiatric training during specialization has been conformed to European standards,including training content,assessment and training base.In Europe,psychiatry specialist education lasts 5-7 years.Trainees should have experience of psychiatric internships and get assessed prospectively.After the training,trainees will receive the qualifications of the association for psychiatric training in Europe.While in China,the training time of psychiatrists is 3 years,the training of related departments is nearly 1 year,and psychiatric training is only 2 years.The training time of psychotherapy and clinical practice of psychiatry is still not enough.There is also a lack of consistency in the implementation of theoretical and practical training in all the bases in China.Therefore,by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese and European psychiatry training system,this paper proposes optimizing the training program in China,increasing the students' humanistic cultivation and psychological care,and further improving the input of special training funds.

Study on the attitudes toward suicide among university students in Chongqing / 中华流行病学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the attitudes on suicide and their related factors among university students in Chongqing.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 9808 students from 11 universities in Chongqing, were chosen under stratified cluster random sampling method and had completed a questionnaire survey through the Scale of Public Attitudes on Suicide(SPAS).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Data showed that the scores of university students having negative or neutral attitudes towards questions including "suicide is not preventable", "suicidal behavior is not controllable or is caused by outside forces" and "suicidal behavior can(or is used to)affect the behavior of others'" were 34.28±16.44, 35.64±19.14 and 36.94±16.05 respectively. The scores of students taking neutral attitude towards questions as:"similarity of attempted and completed suicide", "negative attitudes on the behavior or on the person him/her self", "positive aspects of suicide and positive feelings about suicides"were 47.38±22.01, 51.78±17.05 and 37.77±18.12 respectively but 70.77±17.21 went to the students who had agreed with "suicide is an important social/health problem". Factors as gender, nationality, religion, history of attempted suicide and suicide exposure to others appeared having had important effects on the attitude towards suicide among college students.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>It is necessary to consider above mentioned factors when developing related suicide crisis intervention strategy.</p>

Prevalence of social distance and restriction among college students with suicide attempts in Chongqing / 中华流行病学杂志

Objective To explore the attitude towards 10 different populations with different characteristics on their social distance and acceptance among those people with or without suicidal attempts among college students in Chongqing.Methods 9808 college students were randomly selected from 11 universities in Chongqing and administered a self-constructed questionnaire"Suicide Attitude and Mental Health Status Questionnaire".A t-test was employed to analyze the social distance and degree of acceptance of college students with or without suicide attempts towards different groups as criminals,hypertensive,with suicide actions,homosexuals,depressive disorder,HIV infection,drug addiction,death of family members,hospitalization history in mental service and alcohol addiction.Results 169 college students had suicide attempts;the reporting rate of suicide attempts was 1.7%.Among college students.the scores higher than 50 on nine items related to social distance towards strangers with those 10 different characteristics and the top three were on those with HIV infection,drug addiction and hospitalization history in mental service.There were differences(P<0.05)in scores of social distance attitude towards strangers with drug addiction(with suicide attempts 83.38±21.82,without suicide attempts 78.55±21.55,t=2.88).hospitalization history in mental service(79.27±21.23,75.67±21.31,t=2.17),homosexuality(66.87±24.77,74.14±21.94,t=-4.25),alcohol addiction(66.72±21.80,61.00±22.80,t=3.23)and hypertension(56.65±20.40,53.36±21.05.t=2.01)between college students with or without suicide attempts.College students scored higher than 50 in 7 items of social rejective attitudes towards acquaintances,of those with hospitalization history in mental service,drug and alcohol addiction ranked the top three.It showed statistical significances in social rejection attitudes towards acquaintances with homosexuality(35.28±30.38,42.83±30.76,t=-3.14),severe depression(56.59±28.49,61.64±25.56,t=-2.53)and suicide behaviors(51.46±28.19,56.56±26.35,t=-2.48)between students with or without suicide attempts.Conclusion College students in Chongqing kept quite far social distance and restrictive behaviors in college students with or without suicide attempts.Targeted interventions on suicide attempters should be carried out accordingly.