Are we training psychiatrists to develop skills in intellectual disability psychiatry? Current European context and future directions

Marisa Casanova Dias; Bhathika Perera; Florian Riese; Livia De Picker; Mariana Pinto da Costa; Alina Petricean; Athanasios Kanellopoulos; Krzysztof Krysta; Franziska Baessler

doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.102

Are we training psychiatrists to develop skills in intellectual disability psychiatry? Current European context and future directions

Eur Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 13;63(1):e99. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.102.

Authors

Marisa Casanova Dias^{1

2}, Bhathika Perera³, Florian Riese⁴, Livia De Picker^{5

6}, Mariana Pinto da Costa^{7

8

9}, Alina Petricean¹⁰, Athanasios Kanellopoulos¹¹, Krzysztof Krysta¹², Franziska Baessler¹³

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Mental Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
² Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
³ Haringey Learning Disability Partnership, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁶ University Psychiatric Hospital Campus Duffel, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁷ Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁹ Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁰ National Centre for Mental Health, BSMHFT, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
¹¹ Center for Adolescent Medicine, First Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹² Department of Rehabilitation Psychiatry, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
¹³ Department of General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.

Abstract

The majority of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and psychiatric disorders access mainstream mental health services across Europe. However, only 56% of countries provide postgraduate psychiatric training in ID according to a survey across 42 European countries. We explore the challenges of ID training and make recommendations for education and health policymakers.

Keywords: Community Mental Health Teams; education and training; intellectual disability; learning disability; specialty training.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel*
Clinical Competence*
Curriculum
Europe
Female
Humans
Intellectual Disability / epidemiology*
Intellectual Disability / therapy
Mental Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Psychiatry / education*
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Surveys and Questionnaires