Social versus biological psychiatry: It’s time for integration! Commentary by Nick Rose

Rose, Nick

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“…Considering the different aspects of psychiatry (i.e., the biological, the social and the psychological ones), education in mental health has to be considered a continuing evolving phenomenon, where changes at scientific, clinical, and cultural levels make updates necessary for psychiatric training curricula from time to time (De Rosa et al, 2018; Pingani et al, 2014; Rose, 2018). However, it happens quite often and in many parts of the world that education in psychiatry is still based on a knowledge formed in the last century, without considering that nowadays psychiatry is a modern medical specialty dealing with the structure and function of the brain, human behaviors and social relationships.…”

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How to improve the quality of World Psychiatric Association educational activities? Results from an online survey with World Psychiatric Association zonal representatives

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Fiorillo²,

Wasserman

2021

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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Introduction:The World Psychiatric Association (WPA), a global association representing 145 psychiatric societies in 121 countries, has a specific focus on education and learning, promoting educational programs on a regular basis. Education in mental health is a continuously evolving phenomenon, although it happens quite often that it is still based on a knowledge formed in the last century and with the latest scientific updates mainly available in English. The WPA is constantly committed in improving and updating the type of educational materials available and ready to be disseminated worldwide.Methods: An online survey has been developed and sent to the 18 WPA zonal representatives in order: to evaluate the educational needs for mental health, to translate materials into native languages or inclusivity, and to prioritize educational activities to be developed by the WPA in the next years.Results: Fifteen out of the 18 zonal representatives participated in the study.According to the public mental health perspective, collaboration with general practitioners (GPs) (80%), communities/stakeholders (66.7%) and programs for promoting mental health in schools (53.3%) are the most prioritized activities carried out. Programs for suicide prevention (86.7%) and promotion of mental health and well-being in the general population (66.7%) are considered as the most relevant to be implemented. From the healthcare perspective, new knowledge on pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions (73%) was requested. The educational packages are mostly available in the English language, although respondents prioritize the translation of WPA educational material into, at least, Spanish and French. The most preferred formats for educational activities are webinar live (80%) and key opinion lectures (66.7%).Conclusions: These findings represent the first step in the continuing promotion of education carried out by the WPA. We aim to run these kinds of initiatives from time to time in order to adapt themes and topics of these materials to the real educational needs of all mental healthcare professionals worldwide.

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