Prejudice and Attitudes of Medical Students About Alcohol Use

Prejudice and Attitudes of Medical Students About Alcohol Use

Authors

  • Esra Genişol İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi
  • İlhan Yargıç İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Psikiyatri A.D.
  • Ömer Saka
  • Fazilet Sivri Erzurum Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Şebnem Güleryüz Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Gürhan Işıl İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi
  • Esra Baraz
  • Gökçe Dağlıgöz Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Pınar Aslanargün Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • İlker Güvenç

Keywords:

Addiction, stigma, alcoholism, medical education

Abstract

Object: Alcohol use disorders are common and lead to multiple hospital applications for various reasons. Research data shows that these patients are not sufficiently recognized at the health care services they have been applied to. This ineffective care may be related to physicians’ own experiences and attitudes towards the subject.
Method: A questionnaire about alcohol use and related stigma, prepared by Finland Medical Students Association and was approved to be an international project by International Federation of Medical Students was handed out to 1012 medical students from seven different medical faculties in five different cities by the members of Turkish Medical Students Association.
Results: Our data shows that the amount of alcohol consumption, clinically harmfull is quite common among medical students. Moreover, 40% of these students don’t think that it is necessary to refer the alcoholic patients for medical treatment.
Conclusion: We believe, these doctors of the future should be better educated to give better health care to these patients.

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Genişol E, Yargıç İlhan, Saka Ömer, Sivri F, Güleryüz Şebnem, Işıl G, et al. Prejudice and Attitudes of Medical Students About Alcohol Use. J Depend [Internet]. 2003 Aug. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 20];4(2):53-6. Available from: https://bagimlilik.akademisyen.net/index.php/bagimlilik/article/view/59

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