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Pharmacy studentsʼ preparedness to communicate with mental health disorders patients
Chow, Claudia Morrissey, Hana Ball, Patrick
Chow, Claudia
Morrissey, Hana
Ball, Patrick
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2018-04-01
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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.
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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.0000000000000784
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0022-3018