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Education in Psychiatry for Medical Specialists

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Education about Mental Health and Illness

Part of the book series: Mental Health and Illness Worldwide ((MHIW))

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Abstract

Growing worldwide focus on mental health and sociocultural stressors has moved the paradigm of primary care practice from a predominantly biological model to a biopsychosocial model. Availability of psychiatrists and other mental health specialists is not homogenous across all geographic areas in the USA, let alone in the low-income countries. Moreover, the stigma associated with psychiatric diagnoses makes it harder for people to seek treatment timely in many societies. Thus other specialties are often required to evaluate, manage, and initiate treatment for psychiatric disorders. In developed countries, the only clinical teaching in psychiatry takes place in medical school. In many developing countries, undergraduate curriculum in psychiatry is insufficient and even rudimentary. With this limited background of training, other specialties do not feel competent and comfortable managing mental health problems. The barriers of adequate teaching in psychiatry are complex and multifactorial. In this chapter, we discuss the current status of psychiatry teaching for other medical specialties and also suggest potential methods of teaching within the nation and across other countries. Physician and other providers trained in internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics are usually referred to as primary care providers in the USA, where in Europe and Asia, these providers are usually called as general practitioners. Most of the published data on education in psychiatry for other medical specialties come from the experiences of family medicine and pediatric training programs. Obstetrics and gynecology have sparse data on this topic, so do the other subspecialties in medicine.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Kamalika Roy

  2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Kamalika Roy

  3. Pine Rest Christian Hospital (Mulder), Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Madhavi Nagalla

  4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Michelle B. Riba

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Roy, K., Nagalla, M., Riba, M.B. (2018). Education in Psychiatry for Medical Specialists. In: Hermans, M., Hoon, T., Pi, E. (eds) Education about Mental Health and Illness. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0866-5_8-1

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