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Do Physiotherapists Have The Skill To Engage In The "Psychological" In The Bio-Psychosocial Approach?, J Connaughton, W Gibson
Do Physiotherapists Have The Skill To Engage In The "Psychological" In The Bio-Psychosocial Approach?, J Connaughton, W Gibson
Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles
Purpose: To describe a cross-sectional exploration of attitudes of physiotherapists in general practice in Western Australia toward psychiatry and mental illness, how often they treat people with mental illness, their perceptions of how well their undergraduate education prepared them to work with these people, and their opinions about what further education would enable them to provide best practice care.
Methods: A questionnaire that included questions about participants’ demographic information, personal experiences with mental illness, the ATP-30, and open-ended questions about their preparedness to work with people with mental illness was distributed through 110 email contacts to physiotherapy departments in Western …