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Documentation of Sexual History by Psychiatry Postgraduate Trainees: Lessons to Be Learnt

Author(s) -

Priya Sreedaran

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of psychosexual health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2631-8326

pISSN - 2631-8318

DOI - 10.1177/2631831818823634

Subject(s) - documentation , psychiatry , sexual history , chart , medical history , psychology , family history , medicine , psychiatric history , family medicine , computer science , epilepsy , radiology , programming language , statistics , mathematics

Aim: The author reports on whether sexual history was documented in files of persons with alcohol-use disorders as part of initial intake by psychiatry postgraduate trainees. Methodology: Chart review of files of persons with alcohol use disorders. Results: A total of 53 charts were reviewed to determine whether sexual history was documented. Sexual history was not documented in 79.24% of the files as part of the initial psychiatric intake. Conclusions: Postgraduate psychiatric trainees do not document sexual history in files of persons with alcohol-use disorders as part of initial intake. This is an important issue to be addressed as part of postgraduate psychiatry training.

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