Louisa Picco|Esmond Seow|Boon Yiang Chua|Rathi Mahendran|Swapna Verma|Siow Ann Chong|Mythily Subramaniam
Recognition of mental disorders: findings from a cross-sectional study among medical students in Singapore
Institute of Mental Health|Institute of Mental Health|Institute of Mental Health|National University of Singapore|Duke-NUS Medical School|Institute of Mental Health|Duke-NUS Medical School|Institute of Mental Health|Institute of Mental Health
objectives assess recognition five mental disorders alcohol abuse dementia depression obsessivecompulsive disorder ocd schizophrenia among sample medical students using vignettebased approach sociodemographic predictors correct recognition also explored design crosssectional online survey participants medical students studying singapore methods crosssectional online study among medical students n502 randomly assigned one five vignettes students instructed read vignette answer open text question think person vignette suffering multiple logistic regression performed determine predictors correct recognition results 817 could correctly recognise condition described vignette depression well recognised 930 followed alcohol abuse 890 ocd 871 dementia 792 600 students correctly recognised schizophrenia females significantly likely correctly recognise disorders odds correct recognition significantly higher among fourthyear fifthyear students compared firstyear students compared depression dementia schizophrenia significantly likely mislabelled conclusion overall correct recognition high 817 vary disorder schizophrenia 60 poorly recognised condition given primary care providers often first professional helpseeking source people mental health problems medical students equipped skills ability recognise signs symptoms various mental illnesses