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- Title
Psychiatric Education On the Level of the Primary Network of Public Health Service in Kyrgyz Republic.
- Authors
Galako, T.; Ten, V.; Asanbaeva, E.
- Abstract
The vigorous activity on the integration of psychiatry into the primary network of Public Health Service was stipulated by several factors: • high level of stigmatization; • staff deficiency of psychiatrists, psychotherapists, medical psychologists; • average age of the medical staff in the Mental Health Service - 55 years old. At the support of WHO in 2007, the evaluation was conducted as to the needs of the family doctors in the education on the issues of mental health (by virtue of specially designed surveys). The goal of the research is to detect the competence level of the family doctors concerning mental disorders of the outpatient level and determination of their interest and demand for training workshops and practical courses. The results revealed that the majority of the family doctors have great difficulties in mental disorders revealing as well as in the patients’ management, who affected with these disorders, but more than 90% to render aid to the patients with ambulatory forms of mental disorders and to gain knowledge and skills on just them. The training workshops were adopted for the family doctors, methodological guideline 'Psychology in Family Practice” was published according to 22 nosologies. Training of 675 family doctors was held (2008-2011) with the following monitoring. In 2010-2011 presented the growth in mental disorders revealing up to 60% . Conclusion – further work is necessary to the education of the family doctors which will promote stigmatization level recession, early recognition of mental disorders and rendering qualified aid at the place of residence.
- Subjects
PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL education; PUBLIC health; PSYCHOTHERAPISTS; PSYCHIATRISTS; PSYCHOLOGISTS; KYRGYZ
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2015, Vol 30, p1011
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30792-6