Journal article
Introducing Psychiatry to Rural Physicians in China: An Innovative Education Project
Abstract
A brief educational program for 10,000 rural physicians in China introduced them to psychiatric knowledge and skills, emphasizing suicide risk assessment and management. Six months after the program, the physicians reported positive changes in their attitudes toward psychiatry, applicability of their new knowledge, and more communication with specialists.
Authors
Law SF; Liu P; Hodges BD; Shera W; Huang X; Zaheer J; Links PS
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 168, No. 12, pp. 1249–1254
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date
December 2011
DOI
10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040654
ISSN
0002-953X