Postal surveys of psychiatrists' knowledge and attitudes towards driving and mental illness.

Author(s)
Wise, M.E.J. & Watson, J.P.
Year
Abstract

This study assessed psychiatrists' knowledge and attitudes towards the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency regulations concerning mental illness. A postal survey of all consultant and trainee psychiatrists (228) on the South Thames (East) regional psychiatry rotation was carried out. For category 1 (private car and motorcycles) licenses, 40.4% of psychiatrists could correctly advise patients with a bipolar affective disorder; this figure was 0% for schizophreniform disorders. For category 2 (heavy goods vehicles) licenses the corresponding figures were 13.2% and 11.8%, respectively. For alcohol misuse, alcohol dependency and alcohol related disorders, the scores were 26.0%, 29.1% and 19.7%. (A)

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20011865 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Psychiatric Bulletin, Vol. 25 (2001), No. 9 (September), p. 345-349, 11 ref.

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