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THE NEED FOR THE INCLUSION OF A STRUCTURED TRAINING IN PSYCHOTHERAPY INTO PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING IN NIGERIA
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INTRODUCTION
Nigeria has an estimated population of 40-60 million people living with mental disorders. Psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees represent the only group of mental healthcare providers capable of providing integrative pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in this part of the world. The global best practice promotes the training of psychiatry trainees in the techniques of psychotherapy within their training curriculum. This survey sought to find the general uptake of psychotherapy in the various training centres across Nigeria.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study online survey, part of the world psychotherapy survey administered to psychiatric trainees and early career psychiatrists (ECP) under the ECP section of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) between November 2021 and February 2022.
RESULTS
Of the study respondents, 52.8% had been involved in some form of psychotherapy training but only 3.7% them being qualified psychotherapists. Of the study participants who had independent psychotherapy training, receiving psychotherapy training in residency and having supervised psychotherapy training were found to be significant factors in their having independent training in psychotherapy.
DISCUSSION
There is generally less emphasis on psychotherapy training during post-graduate residency training in Nigeria. Where present, it isn’t mandatory and supervision is low and this has been found to be significantly associated with the low rate of psychotherapy training. While there are a lot of constraints in psychotherapy training during psychiatry residency, such as the availability of supervision and availability of funding, there needs to be an accredited curriculum embedded in the residency training program, making it a mandatory requisition.
PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING IN BRAZIL: PSYCHIATRIC TRAINEES’ VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES
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Learning in psychotherapy during the psychiatrist's training presents a solid basis for the best practices in psychiatry to be able to provide better outcomes for patients. However, few studies have explored trainees’ and early career psychiatrists’ (ECP) views and experiences about their psychotherapy training and the use of psychotherapy in clinical practice.This study aims to analyze the status of psychotherapy training in Brazil through the views and experiences of psychiatry trainees and ECPs. This is a cross-sectional survey conducted from July to November 2021. A questionnaire developed by the World Psychotherapy Association was used with 16 questions covering the: (a) quality of psychotherapy training; (b) organizational aspects of psychotherapy training; (c) satisfaction with training in psychotherapy; (d) self-confidence in the use of psychotherapy.
The majority of participants reported to have mandatory training in psychotherapy, mainly in cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy. However, a minority had contact with practical psychotherapy training. These findings advocate for the improvement of the quality of psychotherapy training in Brazil, especially with relation to the practical training.
PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING IN IRAN: A SURVEY OF IRANIAN EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHIATRIC TRAINEES_
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Psychiatry's postgraduate training curriculum in Iran has been revised and one of the core revisions has been the incorporation of full-time 9-months of psychotherapy training.
An online anonymous survey was developed by the Early Career Psychiatrists (ECP) Section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) to investigate the experiences of psychotherapy training of early career psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees. The survey included 16 questions about the: (a) quality of psychotherapy training (supervision, type of psychotherapy training available, barriers in accessing training); (b) organizational aspects of psychotherapy training (compulsoriness, payment, and assessment); (c) satisfaction with training in psychotherapy; (d) self-confidence in the use of psychotherapy.
This survey was circulated to Iranian early career psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees by ECPs section of the Iranian Psychiatric Association.
A total of 112 early career psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees of about 700 from across Iran responded to the survey; 98.2% of which stated that psychotherapy training is included in their psychiatry training, and cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy were the most reported modalities integrated into their psychiatric training. Moreover, 43.3% of the participants reported that they were satisfied or very satisfied with their psychotherapy training during the training years.
These findings show that psychotherapy is integrated into psychiatric training programs in most educational departments of psychiatry in Iran. The modalities and satisfaction of trainees are similar to that of high-income countries in other continents. Supervision and training in modalities like family therapy could be further implemented and adapted to the Iranian culture.