Bell J Simon, Johns Rachelle, Chen Timothy F
Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2006 Aug 15;70(4):77. doi: 10.5688/aj700477.
To compare the attitudes of third-year pharmacy students and pharmacy graduates towards people with schizophrenia and severe depression.
Third-year pharmacy students (n = 216) and pharmacy graduates (n = 232) completed a survey instrument with 21 common items. The third-year students had not yet received any mental health lectures or tutorials as part of their pharmacy course. The graduates had completed their university education, including mental health lectures and tutorials, plus 6 months of supervised clinical practice in the pharmacy workplace.
There were no significant differences between the third-year students and pharmacy graduates in terms of social distance from people with schizophrenia. The rates of stigmatization of people with schizophrenia and severe depression were also similar between the groups.
Mental health lectures and tutorials delivered by pharmacists and supervised clinical practice in the pharmacy workplace may not decrease students' social distance or stigmatization of people with mental illness. The results of our study suggest that more comprehensive education and training programs are needed to improve the ability of pharmacists to meet the needs of people with mental illness.
比较三年级药学专业学生和药学专业毕业生对精神分裂症患者和重度抑郁症患者的态度。
三年级药学专业学生（n = 216）和药学专业毕业生（n = 232）完成了一份包含21个常见条目的调查问卷。三年级学生尚未接受作为药学课程一部分的任何心理健康讲座或辅导。毕业生已完成大学教育，包括心理健康讲座和辅导，外加在药房工作场所进行6个月的临床实习督导。
三年级学生和药学专业毕业生与精神分裂症患者的社交距离没有显著差异。两组中对精神分裂症患者和重度抑郁症患者的污名化率也相似。
药剂师提供的心理健康讲座和辅导以及药房工作场所的临床实习督导可能不会减少学生与精神疾病患者的社交距离或污名化。我们的研究结果表明，需要更全面的教育和培训项目来提高药剂师满足精神疾病患者需求的能力。
