Janes Tina, Signal Tania, Zupan Barbra
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Nov 1;9(11):1485. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9111485.
(1) Background: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and the perceptions of speech pathology held by a sample of regional mental health practitioners and to explore factors that facilitate understanding of the roles of speech pathologists in mental health. While mental health is recognised as an area of practice by Speech Pathology Australia, the inclusion of speech pathologists in mental health teams is limited. (2) Methods: An anonymous online survey was created using previously validated surveys and author generated questions and distributed to mental health practitioners in Central Queensland, Australia. (3) Results: Mental health practitioners had difficulty identifying speech pathology involvement when presented with case scenarios. Accuracy was poor for language-based cases, ranging from 28.81% to 37.29%. Participants who reported having worked with a speech pathologist were more likely to demonstrate higher scores on the areas of practice questions, [(53) = 0.301, = 0.028], and the language scenarios [(58) = 0.506, < 0.001]. They were also more likely to agree to statements regarding the connection between speech pathology and mental health, (59) = 0.527, < 0.001. (4) Conclusions: As found in this study, contact with speech pathologists is a strong predictor of mental health providers' knowledge of the speech pathology profession. Thus, the challenge may be to increase this contact with mental health providers to promote inclusion of speech pathologists in the mental health domain.
(1) 背景：本研究旨在确定一组地区心理健康从业者对言语病理学的知识水平和认知，并探讨有助于理解言语病理学家在心理健康领域作用的因素。虽然澳大利亚言语病理学协会将心理健康视为一个实践领域，但言语病理学家在心理健康团队中的参与度有限。(2) 方法：使用先前经过验证的调查问卷和作者编写的问题创建了一份匿名在线调查问卷，并分发给澳大利亚昆士兰州中部的心理健康从业者。(3) 结果：当面对病例情景时，心理健康从业者难以识别言语病理学的参与情况。基于语言的病例的准确率较低，在28.81%至37.29%之间。报告曾与言语病理学家合作过的参与者在实践领域问题上得分更高的可能性更大，[(53)=0.301，=0.028]，在语言情景方面也是如此[(58)=0.506，<0.001]。他们也更有可能同意关于言语病理学与心理健康之间联系的陈述，(59)=0.527，<0.001。(4) 结论：如本研究所示，与言语病理学家的接触是心理健康提供者对言语病理学专业知识的有力预测指标。因此，挑战可能在于增加与心理健康提供者的这种接触，以促进言语病理学家在心理健康领域的融入。
