Pharmacy studentsʼ preparedness to communicate with mental health disorders patients
Abstract
The aim of this project was to explore whether fourth-year pharmacy students in England are prepared to communicate with mental health patients. Mental health problems are rising in the United Kingdom, affecting around one in four people. A questionnaire-based study measured the knowledge about and attitude toward mental health problems. Participants were fourth-year pharmacy students from two west midlands universities. More males than females correctly answered the “attitude towards mental health” questions. However, overall, only 45.5% of students answered the “attitude towards mental health problems” questions correctly. Males demonstrated a better level of knowledge than females, with 33% overall answering 6 or more questions of the 13 knowledge questions correctly. Sixty-five percent of participants scored under 50%. The highest total score was 81%, and the lowest was 19%, three people did not answer any questions. In conclusion, a gap in knowledge was identified within the fourth-year pharmacy student cohort, and more intervention will be required to improve knowledge and attitudes such as the Mental Health First Aid courses.Citation
Chow, C., Morrissey, H., Ball, P. (2018) 'Pharmacy studentsʼ preparedness to communicate with mental health disorders patients', The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206 (4) pp. 245-250. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000784Publisher
Wolters Kluwer HealthJournal
The Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseAdditional Links
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29324525Type
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enISSN
0022-3018ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1097/NMD.0000000000000784
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