Perceptions about mental illness among pre-clinical medical students in Trinidad & Tobago
West Indian med. j
; 48(2): 81-84, Jun. 1999.
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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 & Tobago by analysing their responses to a questionnaire based on a case vignette of a young man with a paranoid psychotic illness. 88felt that medical treatment in hospital was the best means of treating the illness and 86suggested that discharge should be conditional on regular visits to a doctor. 89however opposed the patient's marrying into their families and 85to his teaching their children. This was associated significantly with having a personal relationship with someone having a mental illness (p < 0.03). Surprisingly, 25believed that mental illness could be caused by supernatural forces, particularly females who were almost twice as likely as males to express this belief.
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Medicina
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Atitude Frente a Saúde
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article