Department of Psychiatry, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, UP, India.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2022 Mar;69:103001. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.103001. Epub 2021 Dec 31.
The stigma in psychiatry is pervasive, it is more serious obstacle for treatment initiation. Stigmatization among health professional themselves can result in compromised patient care. The aim of this study is to see the impact of psychiatry clinical posting on the attitude of medical students towards, psychiatry and mental illness.
A total of 30 final year medical students participated to this study. The attitude towards psychiatry (ATP) and the attitude towards mental illness (AMI) questionnaire were administered before and after 15 days clinical posting in psychiatry.
Medical students had favorable attitude towards psychiatry and mental illness with in a mean score of 108.34 on ATP and on 68.24AMI. There was a significant increase in the mean score of both scales after the psychiatry clinical posting. AMI and ATP for female and for male (AMI - ATP).
A 15 days clinical posting of final year medical students in psychiatry was associated with an increase in positive attitude towards mental illness and psychiatry among female students but not among male students and posting reduces the stigma among the students also.
精神病学中的污名是普遍存在的，它是治疗开始的严重障碍。卫生专业人员自身的污名将导致患者护理受损。本研究的目的是观察精神病学临床实习对医学生对精神病学和精神疾病态度的影响。
共有 30 名即将毕业的医学生参与了这项研究。在精神病学临床实习前和实习后 15 天，分别对他们进行了精神病学态度量表（ATP）和精神疾病态度量表（AMI）的测试。
医学生对精神病学和精神疾病的态度良好，ATP 平均得分为 108.34，AMI 平均得分为 68.24。精神病学临床实习后，这两个量表的平均分都显著增加。女性和男性的 AMI 和 ATP（AMI-ATP）均有所增加。
对即将毕业的医学生进行为期 15 天的精神病学临床实习与女性学生对精神疾病和精神病学的积极态度增加有关，但与男性学生无关，而且实习也减少了学生的污名化。
