scholarly journals Reverse-mentorship of the core concepts in philosophy and mental health: a medical education case report

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S142-S142
Author(s):  
Michael Jewell ◽  
Manzar Kamal ◽  
Richard Bayney ◽  
Heidi Hales
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Journal Club ◽  
Philosophy Of Psychiatry ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
The Core ◽  
Senior Clinician ◽  
Core Concepts

AimsThe aim of this medical education case report was to outline the development and outcomes of a reverse-mentorship project that enabled cross-generational collaborative learning. The project took the shape of a philosophy of psychiatry journal club facilitated by a psychiatry core trainee in west London, UK.BackgroundReverse-mentorship reverses traditional roles of mentor and mentee. It is an increasingly fashionable concept in medical education. The junior mentors the senior clinician. The implicit learning outcomes include provision of a two-way learning process, development of mentoring skills for the more junior clinician and collaboration that builds social capital within the workplace. Reverse-mentorship is effective when the junior mentor is recognised for their expertise in a particular area. In this instance, the junior mentor has a special interest in the philosophy of psychiatry.MethodJunior mentor and senior mentees formed a monthly journal club. The club tracked arguments from anti- and biological psychiatry on the meaning of mental illness. The debate offered insight into a semantic analysis of mental illness and a deeper conceptual understanding of medicine. The learning material derived from the core concepts of philosophy and mental health (Fulford et al.). The role of the mentor was to facilitate group discussion around arguments from relevant papers. A survey, adapted from a recent reverse-mentorship review article, measured the quality of educational experience for mentor and mentees.ResultOverall, mentees (senior clinicians) agreed that the mentor (junior clinician) displayed attributes and behaviours for effective mentoring across most domains, including enthusiasm, effective communication, respect for mentee expertise and active listening to the needs of the mentee. The mentor was particularly impressed with the mentees’ openness to learn new concepts and respect shown. General reflections on the experience of reverse-mentorship were positive overall. A thematic review highlighted particular aspects, including: a good way to learn a new skill and great opportunity to develop professional skills of mentoring.ConclusionThe importance of mentoring in medical education is well established. Reverse-mentorship is a new concept that looks to harness the unique qualities of millennials, including their aptitudes for empowerment, innovation and collaboration. This medical education case report shows that an enthusiastic junior clinician can successfully pilot an educational-mentoring scheme aimed at senior clinicians. To make more explicit the intuitive benefits of reverse-mentorship, longitudinal reviews are needed. However, this case report contributes important insights into this burgeoning field of medical education.

scholarly journals Attitude & belief towards mental illness and psychiatry as a faculty among medical students at International Medical University, Malaysia

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S125-S125
Author(s):  
Debakanta Behera ◽  
Ji Yen Ku
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Early Exposure ◽  
Medical University

AimsThird year Medical students from the International Medical University, Malaysia were assessed regarding their commonly held attitudes and beliefs for the mental illness in general as well as with respect to psychiatry as a faculty through a survey monkey based survey,BackgroundCommonly held perceptions and prejudices often can be overcame by education and early exposure to facts which also holds true with medical students and their attitude as well as expectations to psychiatry. Ever growing awareness regarding the Mental illness has helped but is unable to complete address the stigma and prejudices associated with it. Also Early exposure to psychiatry in medical education can provide a positive experience to medical students including germinating an interest in psychiatry as a career choice among the students.Method42 students of 3rd and 4th year medical school from International Medical University, Malaysia, some without any exposure to psychiatry, were participated in a survey created on a cloud based online survey link and responded to a questionnaire about the attitude and belief towards mental Illness as well as Psychiatry as a career choice. The results were analysed and data interpreted.ResultMost students (85%) though agreed that psychiatry is a rapidly expanding frontier of medicine sadly only 20% stated that it would be one of the top three career choice. Just under the 50% of the students stated that the psychiatric patients are more likely to harm others. About 95% felt that psychiatric consultations of patients with medical and surgical health problems would be helpful and 90% students shared that they would not feel embarrassed about someone from their family if diagnosed with mental illness.ConclusionPsychiatric exposure in medical education has been recognised as inadequate in general and often exposing medical students to psychiatry early helps improving the stigma and prejudices associated with mental illness. It will also give them sufficient exposure to assess the illness holistically keeping mental health in mind while treating physically ill people and also may inspire them to choose psychiatry as a career choice in a rapidly developing and conservative country such as Malaysia where mental health services are largely inadequate and is the second biggest health issue.

Detention, Capacity, and Treatment in the Mentally Ill—Ethical and Legal Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 752-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. PAUL CHIN
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Involuntary Hospitalization ◽  
The Core ◽  
Appropriate Care ◽  
Legal Challenges

For individuals whose mental illness impair their ability to accept appropriate care—the depressed, acutely suicidal mother, or the psychotic lawyer too paranoid to eat any food—statutes exist to permit involuntary hospitalization, a temporary override of paternalistic benefice over personal autonomy. This exception to the primacy of personal autonomy at the core of bioethics has the aim of restoring the mental health of the temporarily incapacitated individual, and with it, their autonomy.

Poverty and Mental Illness

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedetto Saraceno ◽  
Corrado Barbui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Service Research ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Natural Setting ◽  
Great Opportunity

Objective To assess the relationship between poverty and mental illness in order to stimulate debate on future international cooperation programs in mental health. Method Epidemiological data in the international literature addressing the issue of material poverty as a risk factor for the development of mental illness and as a prognostic factor for the outcome of mental illness were reviewed. Results The international literature reviewed supports the notion that material poverty is a risk factor for a negative outcome among mentally ill people. In addition, preliminary epidemiological data suggest that service-related variables may be determinants of outcome of mental illnesses. In our view, cooperation with developing countries is a great opportunity to evaluate mental health services in a natural setting. Conclusions A new generation of programs for international cooperation in mental health is needed, in which knowledge and technology transfer is based on a service-research attitude. Attention should be focused on variables related to the poverty of services that might be linked to the course and outcome of mental illnesses.

Cinema and Psychiatry’s relationship through time and its role in current medical education

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Adriana Marcela Arenas-Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Psychiatry Residents ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Learning Points

Cinema has been a source of entertainment and recreation for decades, and usually the themes depicted in films have roots in society itself. Films featuring psychiatrists and the mentally ill abound. Most early interpretations tended to be negative contributing to the stigmatization of mental illness, or overly positive furthering misinformation among the general public. Fortunately, nowadays there is an increasing number of films able to provide realistic depictions of psychopathologic disorders, being reasonably accurate and therefore suitable for psychiatric teaching purposes. Over the last three decades, psychiatry trainers have attempted to use films as an educational tool for teaching medical students and psychiatry residents for a number of mental health conditions. Films can be used to engage students’ attention, emphasize learning points in lectures and illustrate symptoms of a disorder. Cinema constitutes not only an important source of entertainment, but also an educational tool and a significant influence on people’s attitude towards mental illness

scholarly journals Peningkatan Pengidap Penyakit Mental pada Generasi Z Periode 2013-2018

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milana Phangadi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
The Self ◽  
Capital City ◽  
The Core ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

The nature of mental illness has been the subject of passionate discussion throughout history. In ancient Greece Plato invented the term “mental health,” which was conceived as reason aided by temper and ruling over passion. Griesinger almost 2 centuries ago was the first to state that “mental illness is brain illness,” an expression that has provided a strong impetus to the more recent medical conception of mental illness. Mental disorders affect the core of one’s being through varying severity that alter the way an individual thinks about the self, others, and the world. As to more severe disorders such as schizophrenia and psychosis, the degree is much more extreme, but it does not lower the significance of other disorders such as depression, anxiety, etc.In the current era of globalization, mental health is largely promoted through media. However, this does not guarantee improvement of health services and the overall condition of mental health globally. In this article, it is aimed to find the statistical increase in the numbers of the people who have mental illness in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta as how it is the capital city of Indonesia. This article contains statistical data collected from the ministry of health and from the collected data will be analysed further to provide a conclusion to this research.

scholarly journals Why involvement of mental health professionals and screening for past mental illness is important in persons with COVID-19 infection: A case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 102294
Author(s):  
Aseem Mehra ◽  
Swapnajeet Sahoo ◽  
Vikas Suri ◽  
Pankaj Malhotra ◽  
Narayana Yaddanapudi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals
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