Medical Students’ Judgments of Mind and Brain in the Etiology and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Brog, Michael A.; Guskin, Karen

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“…For example, a questionnaire study found that medical students weighed both psychological and biological factors when considering aetiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (Brog & Guskin, 1998). A qualitative study used a ‘schizophrenia vignette’ to investigate implicit models used by professionals and clients in a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) (Colombo et al 2003).…”

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“…Studies published previously or published while this study was in progress have attempted to measure the way that psychiatrists, medical students and other mental health workers reason about clinical material. For example, a questionnaire study found that medical students weighed both psychological and biological factors when considering aetiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders (Brog & Guskin, 1998 ). A qualitative study used a ‘schizophrenia vignette’ to investigate implicit models used by professionals and clients in a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) (Colombo et al 2003 ).…”

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A study of psychiatrists' concepts of mental illness

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BackgroundThere are multiple models of mental illness that inform professional and lay understanding. Few studies have formally investigated psychiatrists' attitudes. We aimed to measure how a group of trainee psychiatrists understand familiar mental illnesses in terms of propositions drawn from different models.MethodWe used a questionnaire study of a sample of trainees from South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust designed to assess attitudes across eight models of mental illness (e.g. biological, psychodynamic) and four psychiatric disorders. Methods for analysing repeated measures and a principal components analysis (PCA) were used.ResultsNo one model was endorsed by all respondents. Model endorsement varied with disorder. Attitudes to schizophrenia were expressed with the greatest conviction across models. Overall, the ‘biological’ model was the most strongly endorsed. The first three components of the PCA (interpreted as dimensions around which psychiatrists, as a group, understand mental illness) accounted for 56% of the variance. Each main component was classified in terms of its distinctive combination of statements from different models: PC1 33% biological versus non-biological; PC2 12% ‘eclectic’ (combining biological, behavioural, cognitive and spiritual models); and PC3 10% psychodynamic versus sociological.ConclusionsTrainee psychiatrists are most committed to the biological model for schizophrenia, but in general are not exclusively committed to any one model. As a group, they organize their attitudes towards mental illness in terms of a biological/non-biological contrast, an ‘eclectic’ view and a psychodynamic/sociological contrast. Better understanding of how professional group membership influences attitudes may facilitate better multidisciplinary working.

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“…Strong negative socializing pressure from peers, house staffs and non-psychiatric faculties were both common and effective in discouraging students interested in psychiatry 8 . There have been steady decline in students choosing psychiatry after they graduate 9,10,11 . Several studies have shown that students' attitudes toward psychiatrists, psychiatric treatment, psychiatric patients, and psychiatry in general change significantly in a positive direction after their psychiatric training & clerkship 12,13,14 .…”

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Medical students’ attitude towards Psychiatry and Mental Disorders

Adhikari

2018

J Psychiatr Assoc Nepal

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Introduction: It is always difficult to attract medical students’ interest in Psychiatry as a career choice. Most of the students have negative views of Psychiatry even before entering medical school such as 1) stigma on patients and psychiatrists. 2) Unscientific specialty with less prestige. 3) Derogatory remarks by other specialty physicians. 4) Less financial return. This study was done to evaluate and analyze medical students’ attitude towards psychiatry at their different levels of medical career.Material and Method: Medical students from three different years were surveyed to assess their perception and attitude on psychiatry and related matters. First year students were surveyed when they joined within 2 weeks in medical college. Third year were given questionnaire at the first day of Psychiatry clerkship and 4th year students were also given on the first day of posting.Results: 280 students from 1st year (61 out of 100), 3rd year (79 out of 104) and 4th year (70 out of 76) studying MBBS were surveyed. Majority of students from different levels preferred medicine, surgery, pediatric when they first joined medical college and their current preference choice of specialization. Fifteen out of 61 first year students planned to join Psychiatry when they entered medical college which changed to 11 while they were enquired about current planning.Conclusion: Medical colleges need comprehensive course in Psychiatry that involves inpatient and outpatient to create interest in Psychiatry and we need strong advocacy to decrease stigma of “Psychiatry as a career choice” among medical students.J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol .6(1), 2017, p.18-23

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Explanatory Pluralism in Psychiatry: What Are We Pluralists About, and Why?

Campaner

2014

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

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Medical Students’ Judgments of Mind and Brain in the Etiology and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Cited by 9 publications

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A study of psychiatrists' concepts of mental illness

A study of psychiatrists' concepts of mental illness

Medical students’ attitude towards Psychiatry and Mental Disorders

Explanatory Pluralism in Psychiatry: What Are We Pluralists About, and Why?

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