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“Education in psychopathology in Europe: results from a survey in 32 countries”.

Andrea Fiorillo1, Gaia Sampogna1, Valeria Del Vecchio1, Mario Luciano1, Alessandra Ambrosini2, Giovanni Stanghellini3.

1Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy

2G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy

3D. Portales University, Santiago, Chile

Corresponding author:

Prof. Andrea Fiorillo

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Survey of the EPA Section on Philosophy and Psychiatry on the training and practice of psychopathology in Europe.

Section 1. Knowledge of psychopathology

1. Before starting your formal psychiatric training, did you have any previous knowledge of psychopathology?

Yes / No

2. Please list three influential psychopathologists.

a.______b.______c.______

3. How would you succintly descibe the aims of psychopathology? More than one answer is possible: please number from 1 (principal aim) to 3 (minor aim):

x / Nosographical diagnosis
Assessment of symptoms
Understanding abnormal experiences

4. How do you consider your level of knowledge on psychopathology ?

Good / Enough / Adequate / Poor / Very poor

Section 2. Training in psychopathology

5. In your Country is provided a training on psychopathology to residents in psychiatry (as standard part of university curricula)? (If not, please skip questions 5-16)

Yes / No

6. Is training in psychopathology a compulsory part of your training in psychiatry?

Yes / No

7. How many hours are dedicated to training in psychopathology within training in psychiatry in your country?

x / Less than 50 hours
More than 50 hours
There is not a defined number of hours
Other (Please specify)______

8. Is training in psychopathology theoretical or practical?

Theoretical
Practical
x / Both of them

9. What are the main teaching modalities for psychopathology training in your Country?

Theoretical lessons
Workshop
Role play/ case vignettes
Other (Please specify)______

10. What are the main barriers to access training in psychopathology in your Country?

Lack of dedicated training
Too expensive (the trainees have to pay for it)
Lack of tutor or supervision
Other, (Please specify)______

11.Do you received a formal training in the use of psychopathological rating scale?

Yes / No

12. If yes, on which scales?

______

13. Do you use it in your clinical practice?

Yes / No

14. Do you use other psychopathological rating scale without a specific training for it in your clinical practice?

Yes / No

15. Is there a dedicated supervisor for training in psychopathology?

Yes / No

16. How are your skills in psychopathology assessed during the training?

Examinations
Workplaced-based assessments
There is not a formal assessment
Other (Please specify)______

17. Are you satisfied with training in psychopathology that you received?

Completely / Enough / Only a little / Not at all / Don’t know

18. Do you feel confident enough to use psychopathological methods in your clinical practice?

Completely / Enough / Only a little / Not at all / Don’t know

19. If not, what are the main reasons for not feeling confident enough?

The training I received was not complete not exhaustive
I haven’t practiced enough during training
Other (Please specify)______

20. Is there a psychopathological tradition/orientation of your Country?

Yes / No

21. What is the most adopted psychopathological approach in your Country?

Clinical approach
Descriptive approach
Phenomenological approach
Structural approach
Other (Please specify)______
None


Section 3. Unmet needs and future perspectives of training in psychopathology

22.  Do you think psychopathology is (and should be) a core part of psychiatric curricula?

Yes / No

23.  Do you think that …

Psychopathology is not useful in clinical practice
Psychopathology is old-fashioned
Psychopathology is not interesting for clinical practice
There is not enough time to dedicate to the study of psychopathology

24.  Do you think psychiatric practice could be done without a formal (theoretical and practical) training in psychopathology?

Yes / No

25.  On average, how much time of your training programme would you devote to psychopathology?

%

26.  Which part of training programme in psychopathology would you implement?

Time dedicated to study psychopathology
Opportunities to discuss patients’ psychopathological phenomena in clinical practice
Time dedicated to supervision
Other (please specify ______)

27.  Do you think that training in the use of psychopathological rating scales should be a compulsory part of specialistic training?

Yes / No

27.a.If yes, for which scales (please name three of them)?

a.______

b.______c.______

28.  What are the main obstacles for the implementation of psychopathology-based evaluation of patients?

Lack of time during the consultation
Lack of confidence with the use of psychopathological scale
Other (please specify)______

29.  In your Country is there any effort ongoing to implement psychopathology training?

Yes / No