Education of psychiatric trainees on social determinants of health

Some psychiatric teams have social determinants of health that affect the patient community, whether due to factors that exist within the doctor’s office or far beyond the barriers. There were few options other than looking better and taking into account.

The benefits of implementing such considerations in mental health care are great enough that some directors want the social determinants of mental health to be in the curriculum of psychiatric residents. ..

In an interview with HCPLive At the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in New Orleans last week, Dr. Anna R. Ozdova, director of psychiatry and behavioral science training at Albert Einstein Medical College and Montefiore, was a social determinant. Incorporating health into psychiatric assessment and care is not a common practice, but it is an important opportunity for training programs.

Ozdova emphasized the available evidence that social factors affect an individual’s mental health and acknowledged that some do not realize it is necessary in the growth rate of new cases.

“The main hurdles for teaching about social determinants of health are to make these important discussions, such as the limited assessment of education, living conditions and transportation issues at some facilities. The situation may not be on the same page, “Ozdova said. “We are all busy with time, seeing many patients, and collecting social determinants of health may not be a priority.”

Ozdova and fellow psychiatric residents will meet at APA2022 to discuss and share their own institutional strategies for educating trainees on social determinants of health. There are endless resources in it. She said regional mapping insights, interactive games, and collaborations with representatives of the local historic community and other communities may be sufficient to better inform the neighbors they deal with. I did.

Ozdova specifically spoke with her team in Montefiore, emphasizing that the system is affiliated with the Department of Population Health. This will allow her and her colleagues to visit community centers and be better educated about the most coveted and requested resources of the inhabitants who may take care of them.

“If they don’t trust the mental health system, we’ll come to them,” she said. “When we come to the religious community, the resources they have available help us connect with the community in different ways, and it also teaches our residents and faculty to defend patients. “

Even a team like herself, who prioritizes the social determinants of mental health at work, has many other factors to reach. Racism, discrimination and community security issues are one of the major burdens Ozdova wants to deal with more appropriately within her. She works as a Montefiore-based psychiatrist and educator.

“There are many different structures that affect the care we are still trying to understand, so we need to teach the population to think about it as part of their treatment,” she said.