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Medical students' attitudes towards psychiatry: a conceptual shift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Martha Augoustinos ,
Geoffrey Schrader ,
Ray Chynoweth  and
Mark Reid
Martha Augoustinos*
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide Department of Psychiatry, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Geoffrey Schrader
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide Department of Psychiatry, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Ray Chynoweth
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide Department of Psychiatry, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Mark Reid
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide Department of Psychiatry, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
*
1Address for correspondence: Ms Martha Augoustinos, University of Adelaide, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
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Synopsis

Based on the Nevid & Morrison Libertarian Mental Health Ideology Scale, the present study shows a conceptual/ideological shift in medical students' attitudes towards psychiatry after a 6-week psychiatry course. The resultant attitudes were more in line with those of teaching staff than those of the clinical team. Overall, the students developed a more positive view of psychiatry.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 671 - 678
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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