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Substance misuse training among psychiatric doctors, psychiatric nurses, medical students and nursing students in a south London psychiatric teaching hospital
(La formation des psychiatres, infirmiers en psychiatrie, étudiants en médecine et élèves infirmiers sur l'abus de drogues dans un centre hospitalier psychiatrique universitaire du sud de Londres)
Auteur(s) :
O'GARA, C. ;
KEANEY, F. ;
BEST, D. ;
HARRIS, J. ;
BOYS, A. ;
LEONARD, F. ;
KELLEHER, M. ;
STRANG, J.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
327-336
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
22
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
FORMATION
;
PERSONNEL MEDICAL
;
PERSONNEL PARAMEDICAL
;
HOPITAL PSYCHIATRIQUE
;
TABAC
;
ALCOOL
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
QUESTIONNAIRE
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy, 2005, 12, (4), 327-336
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Background: Health professionals play an important role in the detection and subsequent management of individuals who misuse substances. Aim: This article aimed to assess self reported levels of training received by psychiatric doctors, nurses, medical students and nursing students in a South London psychiatric teaching hospital. Method: Self completion questionnaire assessing key aspects of training. Findings: We found low overall levels of reported training in substance misuse. Of the reported training received, most was theoretical rather than clinical. The highest level of reported training was in alcohol misuse compared to illicit drug and tobacco misuse. High numbers of respondents reported feeling responsible for helping individuals with substance misuse difficulties but low numbers actually felt skilled to do so, indicating high levels of awareness without the requisite training. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that more resources should be focused on teaching psychiatric doctors, nurses, medical students and nursing students the key issues in substance misuse, and that this training should be clinically grounded, to alleviate the perceived low levels of reported clinical training in this study and the resulting lack of confidence. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Nal Addiction Ctre, 4 Windsor Walk, Instit. Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London Se5 8bb, E-mail : c.o'garaiop.kcl.ac.uk
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.