[Attitude of medical students to treatment with psychotropic drugs. 2: Change in attitude in the course of medical education].
Advanced medical students' attitude to psychotropic drugs is more positive than the lay public's view on that subject (see part I). The question arises if this is a result of the psychiatric and psychopharmacological knowledge students have acquired during their medical education or an effect of selection by which students already have a more positive opinion of psychotropic drugs before the commencement of their medical education. Our survey in three differently advanced groups of medical students (n = 323) was carried out with a questionnaire. In contrast to their scepticism concerning psychopharmacological treatment students in the beginning of their medical education estimate others than psychotropic drugs ly than the lay public. This may be explained by a beginning identification with the model of a quickly and effectively treating doctor. In the course of medical and especially psychiatric and psychopharmacological education, there is a tendency to a more differentiated and positive view on the effects of psychotropic drugs although the generally critical attitude persists.
Hillert
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Psychiatrische Klinik der Universität Mainz.
Sandmann
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Angermeyer
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Däumer
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011600:Psychopharmacology / Q000193:education*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
Die Einstellung von Medizinstudenten zur Behandlung mit Psychopharmaka. Teil 2: Der Wandel der Einstellung im Verlauf des Studiums.