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Psychiatry Residents' Perceptions and Reported Practices in Providing Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with psychiatric disorders have higher rates of chronic medical conditions and decreased life expectancy. Integrating medical and psychiatric care is likely to improve health outcomes for these patients.

Objective

This study examined what proportion of psychiatry residents viewed psychiatry as a primary care specialty, how important they felt it was to provide primary care to patients, and how this perception altered self-reported comfort and practice patterns in providing screening and treatment for select general medical conditions.

Methods

An online survey was sent to current psychiatry residents of US residency programs.

Results

A total of 268 residents from 40 programs completed the survey (25% response rate), with 55% (147 of 265) of respondents considering psychiatry to be a primary care specialty. Residents who held this opinion gave higher ratings for the importance of providing preventive counseling and reported counseling a higher percentage of patients on a variety of topics. They also reported screening more patients for several medical conditions. Residents who considered psychiatry to be primary care did not report greater comfort with treating these conditions, with the exception of dyslipidemia. The most commonly cited barrier to integrating primary care services was lack of time.

Conclusions

Residents' perceptions of psychiatry as a primary care field appears to be associated with a higher reported likelihood of counseling about, and screening for, medical conditions in their patients.

SUBMITTER: Wehr LM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5398146 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Psychiatry Residents' Perceptions and Reported Practices in Providing Primary Care.

Wehr Lisa M LM Vanderlip Erik R ER Gibbons Patrick H PH Fiedorowicz Jess G JG

Journal of graduate medical education 20170401 2

<h4>Background</h4>Patients with psychiatric disorders have higher rates of chronic medical conditions and decreased life expectancy. Integrating medical and psychiatric care is likely to improve health outcomes for these patients.<h4>Objective</h4>This study examined what proportion of psychiatry residents viewed psychiatry as a primary care specialty, how important they felt it was to provide primary care to patients, and how this perception altered self-reported comfort and practice patterns ...[more]

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