Psychotherapy Perspective of Physicians and Psychiatric Patients

2016-07-25T17-20-02Z
Source: Düşünen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
Memduha Aydin, Hulya Ertekin, Tahsin Etli, Hatice Yardim Ozayhan, Ibrahim Eren.
Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of psychotherapy in healing and protecting the mental health in contemporary psychiatry and general medicine practice. Method: This study is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Konya Training and Research Hospital between May 2013 and July 2013. In the study, to collect data, 5-item questionnaires were created separately for the patients, doctors from internal and surgical disciplines and questionnaires were administered to participants who agreed to fill in those. Results: The sample of our study was consisted of 173 patients who admitted to psychiatric outpatient clinic, 28 doctors from surgical disciplines, 89 doctors from internal medicine disciplines. It was found that patients who admitted to psychiatric outpatient clinic think that psychotherapy is an effective method for the treatment of psychiatric disorders (83,3%, n=144), know that psychiatrists can apply psychotherapy (77,5%, n=134), but think that sufficient time for psychotherapy can not be allowed at the outpatient clinics (76,8%, n=133). It was found that there is no difference between the doctors from internal and surgical disciplines in tendency to ask support from psychiatrists for treatment of their patients (78.6%, n=22; 91.0%, n=81; χ2=4.318, p=0.115), doctors from internal disciplines have a higher proportion of the idea of psychotherapy to be as effective as medication treatments (75%, n=21; 92.1%, n=82; χ2=6.519, p=0.038). It was determined that there is no difference between the doctors from internal and surgical disciplines in idea of psychiatrists to be able to provide psychotherapy service (71,4%, n=20; 76,4%, n=68; χ2= 0,546, p=0,761), belief of applicability of psychotherapy in the outpatient clinic conditions is higher among doctors from internal disciplines than doctors from surgical disciplines (17.9%, n=5; 43.8%, n=39; χ2=6.527, p=0.038). Conclusion: This study enabled to assess the attitudes towards psychotherapy among patients, doctors from internal and surgical disciplines.


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