CONTEXT: Attitude of fresh graduates toward @entity146 @entity1 is important to bridge the treatment gap due to @entity1032 . Psychiatry as a subject has been neglected in the undergraduates of MBBS. AIMS: (1) To compare the attitude of medical students and interns in a medical college toward @entity1032 and psychiatry. (2) To assess the impact of @entity146 training on attitude toward the mentally ill @entity1 and @entity1032 . SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Cross-sectional, single assessment study conducted at a tertiary hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: @entity1 consisted of medical students of 1(st) and 2(nd) year who didn't have any exposure to psychiatry and interns, who had completed their compulsory 2 week clinical posting in psychiatry. @entity1 were individually administered sociodemographic proforma, General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), opinion about @entity1032 (OMI) scale, and attitude to psychiatry-29 ( @entity855 -29) scale. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Standard descriptive statistics (mean, percentage), Chi-square test. RESULTS: A total of 135 @entity1 formed the study sample, with 48, 47, and 40 @entity1 from 1(st) year, 2(nd) year and interns, respectively. Mean GHQ score was 14.03 for the entire sample. There was better outlook of interns toward psychiatry and @entity1 with @entity146 in comparison to fresh graduate students in some areas. Overall, negative attitude toward @entity1032 and psychiatry was reflected. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to psychiatry as per the current curriculum seems to have a limited influence in bringing a positive change in OMI and psychiatry.

Impact of psychiatry training on attitude of medical students toward XXXX and psychiatry.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'Participants', 'person'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['mental illness'] @entity855 :: ('MESH:D000255', 'Chemical') :: ['ATP'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'mental disorders']
@entity1032 :: (MESH:D008607,Disease) :: ['mental illness']
