D. Shattacharya DPM, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Calcutta - 700 020.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1993 Apr;35(2):103-5.
A study was conducted to ascertain how often GPs encountered patients with psychological crisis and their means of tackling such cases. A questionnaire was administered to 47 GPs attending a training course on drug de-addiction orientation program. It was observed that failure in an examination (22.9%), break up of a love affair (16.8%) and the death of someone very close to the patient (14.9%) were among the common causes precipitating a crisis. Regarding the treatment techniques, reassurance, tranquilizers and referral to a psychiatric set-up were most commonly resorted to. 68.1% of the GPs were not at all satisfied with the treatment administered by them and 78.9% of them felt the need for further training in psychiatry. Implications of these findings are discussed.
一项研究旨在确定全科医生遇到心理危机患者的频率以及他们处理此类病例的方法。研究人员向参加戒毒定向培训课程的 47 名全科医生发放了一份调查问卷。结果显示,考试失败(22.9%)、恋爱关系破裂(16.8%)和与患者关系非常密切的人死亡(14.9%)是导致危机的常见原因。在治疗技术方面,医生最常采用的方法是安慰、镇静剂和转介到精神病学机构。68.1%的全科医生对自己的治疗效果完全不满意,78.9%的医生认为自己需要进一步接受精神病学方面的培训。讨论了这些发现的意义。