Omer OZBULUT, Arda YESİL, Ahmet Hamdi ALPASLAN, Kerem Senol COSKUN, Ugur KOCAK

Attitude Towards Psychiatry and Its Possible Association with Alexithymia Among Medical Students

Amaç: Psikiyatri branşı, son yıllarda tüm dünyada mezuniyet öncesi tıp eğitiminde büyük önem kazanmıştır. Tıpöğrencileri arasında psikiyatriye karşı tutumlar gelişmişve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde yoğun şekilde araştırılmaktadır. Psikiyatriye karşı tutumlar ve ihtisas için psikiyatriuzmanlığının tercih edilmesi demografik, kişilik ve sosyaldeğişkenler gibi birçok etmen tarafından belirlenmektedir. Bu çalışmada tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin psikiyatriyekarşı tutumları ve aleksitimi ile olası ilişkinin araştırılmasıamaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Bu çalışma kesitsel olarak tasarlanmıştır. Çalışmaörneklemi 2013-2014 akademik eğitim-öğretim yılına ait1. sınıftan (n=85) ve 2. sınıftan (n=73) toplam 158 preklinik öğrencisi ile 5. sınıftan (n=39) ve 6. sınıftan (n=58) top- lam 97 klinik öğrencisini kapsamaktadır. Çalışmaya dâhiledilen öğrencilere Attitudes Towards Psychiatry (ATP-30),Toronto Aleksitimi Ölçeği (TAS-20) ve sosyodemografikveri formu uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılanların ortalama ATP puanı106,07 (sd=13,05) bulunmuştur. Çalışmamızda erkeköğrencilerin ATP puanları kadın öğrencilere göre anlamlıderecede daha yüksekti (p=0.001). Öğrencilerin psikiyatriye karşı tutumları ile akademik yıl arasında negatifanlamlı ilişki tespit edilmiştir (p

Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin psikiyatriye karşı tutumları ve aleksitimi ile olası ilişkisi

Objective: Psychiatry has gained an increasing importancein medical undergraduate curricula around the world inthe last few decades. Attitudes towards psychiatry (ATP)among medical students have been studied extensivelyin developed and developing countries. ATP and a careerchoice in psychiatry appear to be associated with variousfactors including demographics, personality, and socialvariables. In the present study, our aim was to investigateattitude towards psychiatry and its possible association toalexithymia among medical students. Methods: The study design was cross-sectional. Studysample consisted of first (n=85) and second (n=73) yearpreclinical students, fifth (n=39), and sixth (n=58) yearclinical students during 2013 2014 academic year. Allparticipants were asked to complete the Attitude TowardsPsychiatry 30 (ATP-30), the 20-item Toronto AlexithymiaScale (TAS-20), and a socio demographic query form. Results: The mean ATP score for respondents was 106.07(SD=13.05). Results revealed that male students had asignificantly more positive attitude than females (p=0.001).It was found that there was a negative linear relationshipbetween students ATP score and academic year (p

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