Issues Faced by General Practitioners in Managing Mental Health Disorders in Basic Health Units: a Cross-Sectional Study

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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rcp.2022.04.009

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Abstract

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the main issues faced by general practitioners when managing mental health disorders in the primary care setting and evaluate their interest in continued medical training on mental health.

Methods

We carried out a cross-sectional survey which included general practitioners (n=94) working in primary care in São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.

Results

Participants reported challenging issues to be as follows: psychiatric emergency (44.7%), alcohol and drug use disorders (35.1%), psychopharmacology (29.9%), and suicide risk assessment (27.6%). About a third of the sample reported a lack of knowledge on criteria regarding referral to psychiatric services. Almost the entire sample reported the need for better interaction between general practitioners and psychiatrists and interest in continued medical training.

Conclusions

Our findings support the evidence that a network between general practitioners and psychiatrists is needed as well as the improvement of continued medical training on mental health.

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基层卫生单位全科医生在管理心理健康障碍方面面临的问题：一项横断面研究

本研究旨在调查全科医生在基层医疗机构处理精神疾病时面临的主要问题，并评估他们对精神健康继续医学培训的兴趣。方法我们进行了一项横断面调查，调查对象包括在巴西南太平洋圣贝尔纳多-杜坎波（São Bernardo do Campo）基层医疗机构工作的全科医生（n=94）。结果参与调查者报告的具有挑战性的问题如下：精神科急诊（44.7%）、酒精和药物使用障碍（35.1%）、精神药理学（29.9%）和自杀风险评估（27.6%）。约有三分之一的样本表示对精神科服务的转介标准缺乏了解。几乎所有样本都表示需要加强全科医生与精神科医生之间的互动，并对继续医学培训感兴趣。

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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (RCP) is a quarterly official publication of Colombian Psychiatry Association (March, June, September and December) and its purpose is to spread different the knowledge models that currently constitute the theoretical and practical body of our specialty. Psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, non psychiatric physicians, psychologists, philosophers or other health professionals or persons interested in this area can take part in the magazine. This journal publishes original works, revision or updating articles, case reports of all psychiatry and mental health areas, epistemology, mind philosophy, bioethics and also articles about methodology of investigation and critical reading.