Demand of General Practitioner in Beijing for Training on Depression and the Strategy

Objective To understand the general practitioners′ cognitive status of depression and demand for training on depression so as to provide reference for general practice training program design.Methods Purpose sampling was used to select general practitioners from one of the eight general practice training classes in Beijing.Anonymous self-administrated questionnaire survey was conducted among them.Results Among the 239 general practitioners 42 (17.57%) could correctly select the symptoms of depression,30 (12.55%) could correctly select the screening methods of depression,and 71(29.71%) could correctly answer the therapeutic principles of depression.Only 37 (15.48%) had carried the psychological health services.There were 84.52% of the practitioners believed they are lack of knowledge and skills on diagnosis and treatment of depression;and more than 90% expressed their willing to receive the training on psychiatric/mental training.Conclusion The capability of mental health problem recognition of general practitioners in Beijing needs to be improved.The knowledge and screening skills related to common mental health in community should be strengthened in the training program for general practitioners.