1. Secondary school teachers and mental health competence: Italy-United Kingdom comparison
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Elena Monducci, Nicoletta Pafumi, Antonio Romano, Paolo Fiori Nastro, Giulia De Angelis, Sonia Cavenaghi, Antonio Preti, Ludovica Telesforo, Ilaria Molteni, Alessandra Carlotto, Sara Solbiati, Annachiara Piccinini, Alice Masillo, Anna Meneghelli, Andrea Alpi, Francesca Fagioli, Gioia Piazzi, Alberto Forte, Amanda Collins Eade, Claudia Battaglia, Paolo Girardi, Noelia Moreno Granados, Angelo Cocchi, Stefano Benzoni, Martina Patanè, Rosalba Di Lauro, Lavinia Salvadori, Janet Holmshaw, Antonella Costantino, and Francesca Masolo
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Early signs ,Case vignette ,Early detection ,Logistic regression ,Mental health ,030227 psychiatry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,School teachers ,0302 clinical medicine ,Family medicine ,medicine ,Social emotional learning ,Pshychiatric Mental Health ,Psychology ,Psychiatry ,Competence (human resources) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Biological Psychiatry - Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences between teachers' knowledge about early psychosis among three different Italian cities and a UK sample. Methods: The sample consisted of 556 secondary school teachers from three different cities in Italy (Milan, Rome and Lamezia Terme) and London (UK). The research was based on the Knowledge and Experience of Social Emotional Difficulties Among Young People Questionnaire. The Italian version of the questionnaire was used in Italy. Results: Overall, 67.6% of English teachers, 58.5% of Milan's teachers, 41.8% of Rome’s teachers and 33.3% of Lamezia Terme’s teachers were able to recognise psychotic symptoms from a case vignette. Logistic regression analysis showed that 'city' was the only independent variable significantly related to the correct/wrong answer about diagnosis. Conclusions: We found statistically significant differences between the three Italian samples and the UK sample regarding teachers' knowledge about first signs of psychosis. English teachers showed a better knowledge than Italian teachers in general. Teachers from Milan, where a specific early detection program was established in 2000, seemed to be more familiar with early signs of psychosis than teachers in the other two Italian towns.
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- 2016