Singh N N, Winton A S
J Ment Defic Res. 1984 Sep;28 ( Pt 3):199-205. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1984.tb01011.x.
General practitioners must frequently deal not only with the physical health of their mentally retarded patients, but also with their psychological and emotional problems and with difficulties that their families have with coping. In the present study all general practitioners in one city were questioned about their knowledge of mental retardation, their ability to counsel families with a mentally retarded member and their knowledge and utilization of community agencies which provided services for the mentally retarded and their families. The majority of the 400 physicians who satisfactorily completed the questionnaire accepted an obligation to deal with the various problems of the mentally retarded, to counsel their families and to know about and make referrals to available community services. However most also expressed lacks in their knowledge about these various matters. Subsequently, detailed information was sent to them about the available community agencies and then sometime later they were given a second questionnaire concerning their referrals to and advice to parents about the community services. The replies indicated that the physicians now had a much greater awareness of the services available, and that they more regularly made referrals to and advised parents to use these facilities.
全科医生不仅必须经常处理智障患者的身体健康问题，还要处理他们的心理和情感问题以及他们家庭在应对方面遇到的困难。在本研究中，对一个城市的所有全科医生进行了询问，了解他们对智障的认识、为有智障成员的家庭提供咨询的能力以及他们对为智障者及其家庭提供服务的社区机构的了解和利用情况。400名满意完成问卷的医生中的大多数人接受了处理智障者各种问题、为其家庭提供咨询以及了解并转介至可用社区服务的义务。然而，大多数人也表示在这些各种事项上缺乏了解。随后，向他们发送了有关可用社区机构的详细信息，然后在一段时间后，给他们一份关于他们向家长转介社区服务以及就社区服务向家长提供建议的第二份问卷。答复表明，医生们现在对可用服务有了更高的认识，并且他们更经常地向家长转介并建议家长使用这些设施。
