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KMID : 0607520050130010041
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Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
2005 Volume.13 No. 1 p.41 ~ p.48
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Attitudes and Opinions toward Psychiatry of Students and Professionals for Social Welfare : A Preliminary Study
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Ryu Seuk-Hwan
Kim Jung-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes and opinions toward psychiatry of students and professionals for social welfare.
Methods: 67 students and 34 social workers joined to this study completed the attitudes and opinions scale and the quality of life scale successfully.
Results: On the attitude scale, in factor ’overall merits of field of psychiatry’ and factor ’possible abuses and social criticisms’, and factor ’career and personal rewards’, the social workers have more positive attitude than other group, in factor ’role definition and functioning of psychiatrists’, the female sex have more positive attitude than the other sex. It showed significant correlation between activity factor in quality of life scale and possible abuses and social criticisms in attitude scale.
Conclusion: The contact with patients with psychiatric disorders will have a good impact on the personal attitude toward patients. It is important that the students for social welfare would receive appropriate psychiatric education program.
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KEYWORD
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Attitude, Psychiatry, Social welfare
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