Department of Psychiatry, Greifswald University, Stralsund, Germany.
Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2013 Jun;22(2):163-8. doi: 10.1017/S2045796012000510. Epub 2012 Sep 21.
Aims. It is often assumed that psychiatric units at general hospitals attract less stigma than do specialized psychiatric hospitals, but so far this has not been examined empirically. Methods. We conducted a representative population survey in Germany (n = 2410) in order to compare attitudes towards psychiatric units and attitudes towards psychiatric hospitals. Two subsamples were presented with identical items concerning either psychiatric units or hospitals. We conducted multinomial logit analyses of answer categories to detect any differences in attitudes. Results. A majority of respondents held favourable opinions of psychiatric in-patient care at both psychiatric units and psychiatric hospitals. Attitudes towards units and hospitals did not differ meaningfully. Conclusions. The influence of location on the image of psychiatric care has been over-estimated. We discuss other implications of locating psychiatric care at general hospitals.
目的。人们通常认为综合医院的精神科病房比专门的精神病院吸引力较小，但到目前为止，这尚未得到实证检验。方法。我们在德国进行了一项具有代表性的人群调查（n=2410），以比较对精神科病房和精神病院的态度。两个子样本接受了关于精神科病房或医院的相同项目。我们对答案类别进行多项逻辑回归分析，以发现态度上的任何差异。结果。大多数受访者对精神科病房和精神病院的住院治疗持赞成态度。对病房和医院的态度没有明显差异。结论。位置对精神卫生保健形象的影响被高估了。我们讨论了将精神保健置于综合医院的其他影响。
