Aldahmashi Thamir, Almanea Abdullah, Alsaad Abdulaziz, Mohamud Mohamud, Anjum Irfan
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia.
Health Psychol Open. 2019 Jan 12;6(1):2055102918820640. doi: 10.1177/2055102918820640. eCollection 2019 Jan-Jun.
Depression is a common mental illness that has a profound impact on an estimated number of 300 million people worldwide. Depression is stigmatised in communities and even physicians, especially, non-psychiatric physicians, which affects depressed patients' care. This study aims to investigate non-psychiatric physicians' attitudes towards depression in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study surveyed 380 participants using Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire. Non-psychiatric physicians in Riyadh are optimistic and have a positive perspective towards depression. Yet, the majority preferred dealing with physical rather than mental illness. Understanding the attitudes of medical practitioners is important to shape service delivery and assess training needs.
抑郁症是一种常见的精神疾病，对全球约3亿人产生了深远影响。抑郁症在社区甚至医生中都受到污名化，尤其是非精神科医生，这影响了抑郁症患者的治疗。本研究旨在调查沙特阿拉伯利雅得非精神科医生对抑郁症的态度。该研究使用修订后的抑郁态度问卷对380名参与者进行了调查。利雅得的非精神科医生对抑郁症持乐观和积极的态度。然而，大多数人更喜欢治疗身体疾病而非精神疾病。了解医生的态度对于塑造服务提供和评估培训需求很重要。
