Cutting down substance abuse—present state and visions among surgeons and nurses

Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of mental illness among staff in general medical facilities in Kenya: practice and policy implications

“…[1][2][3][4] As expected, the referral rate was lower than the suspicion that patients could be presenting with psychiatric symptoms. These findings suggest that there is a low level of awareness of mental illness among hospital staff due to lack of knowledge 5 , that are inevitably missed therefore leading to unmanaged mental disorders which in turn would adversely affect the outcome of the physical conditions. However from the overall results, the non-psychiatric staff from these general facilities referred patients for psychiatric evaluation and treatment on suspicion that the psychiatric symptoms presenting could be pointing to a psychiatric disorder (p=0.001).…”

“…[1][2][3][4] However, although non-psychiatric workers in general medical facilities may acknowledge responsibility for this pivotal role in these interventions, they may miss diagnoses of mental illnesses due to lack of knowledge and time when evaluating patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms. 5 Missing a diagnosis of mental disorder within a general health facility has been associated with negative stereotypes and stigmatizing attitudes reported among hospital staff who have sufficient knowledge about schizophrenia and depression. [6][7] One of the strongest stereotype beliefs of the general public towards psychiatric patients holds that psychiatric patients have a tendency to cause injury or harm to others and to property.…”

Emergency Physicians' and Nurses' Attitudes towards Alcohol-Intoxicated Patients

“…Being a single-center study ensures, however, that differences in attitudes are not related to differing populations of patients. Additionally, the themes of the questions asked are similar to themes used in prior research on provider attitudes in treating alcohol-intoxicated patients (5,9,11,13,(15)(16)(17).…”

“…Additionally, 70% felt angry dealing with patients with alcohol problems (6). Many of these same attitudes are reflected in surveys of nurses caring for intoxicated patients (9,10). These attitudes may affect the way that intoxicated patients are cared for during their stay, and may contribute to the ineffectiveness of clinicians in identifying patients with substance use problems and referring them to appropriate counseling (9,11,12).…”

“…Many of these same attitudes are reflected in surveys of nurses caring for intoxicated patients (9,10). These attitudes may affect the way that intoxicated patients are cared for during their stay, and may contribute to the ineffectiveness of clinicians in identifying patients with substance use problems and referring them to appropriate counseling (9,11,12). Overall, clinician responses to intoxication may represent a significant barrier to the care of these patients (11,13).…”