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CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A POTENTIAL TOOL IN THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF AND EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRIC DYSFUNCTION AMONG MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY (MENTAL ILLNESS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS)
Abstract
Professional literature over the last two decades has drawn increasing attention to the disproportionately high level of mental illnesses among mental health professionals as well as the hesitance of psychiatric practitioners to seek treatment of their disorders. Working with the premise that mental health continuing education may serve as a tool in the primary prevention of and early intervention in psychiatric dysfunction among clinicians, this preliminary study measured respondent attitude toward current participation in, perceived need for, and motivation for future participation in continuing education focused upon the topics of the professional's own mental health needs and of the unique considerations required in treatment of patients who are also colleagues. Forced and limited-choice questionnaires were mailed to a population of 300 United States clinical psychologists, clinical social workers and psychiatrists, equally distributed by professional affiliation and by gender, and selected at random from professional membership directories. A 38% response rate was obtained. Results indicated that while a minority of respondents had recently been involved in targeted continuing education, the majority identified a need for such education either for themselves or for their colleagues. Positive attitude toward targeted continuing education was found to be apparently influenced by respondents' professional affiliation, sex, age, years in practice, history of continuing education involvement, and type of training provided in the pre-professional academic setting. Sub-grouping of demographic factors in their professional affiliation were also found to have impact upon respondent attitudes.
Subject Area
Psychotherapy
Recommended Citation
COX, SHERALYN, "CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A POTENTIAL TOOL IN THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF AND EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRIC DYSFUNCTION AMONG MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY (MENTAL ILLNESS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS)" (1984). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8503423.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8503423