Psychische zorg, stigma van psychische problemen en competentiegevoel van artsen; een onderzoek onder Vlaamse toekomstige artsen ; Psychological care, stigma of mental problems and the sense of competence of doctors; a survey among Flemish future doctors

Abstract: BACKGROUND Stigmatisation by health care providers of people suffering from mental health problems adds to the treatment gap of mental illnesses and discrimination of people with a mental illness in somatic care. Future physicians' effort may be key to reduce these inequalities. AIM: To inventorise the attitudes towards (different) mental illnesses in future physicians, and to determine whether they affect one's feelings of being capable to treat people with mental illness. METHOD: In April and May 2018, Flemish last-year medical students were presented with three psychiatric (and tw... Mehr ...