Table 1.
Socio-demographic Description of Professionals.
| Variables | Categories | Questionnaires completed by managers/Coordinators of MH* specialized services (N = 48) | Questionnaires completed by managers/Coordinators of MH primary care teams (N = 33) | Questionnaires completed by managers/Coordinators of HSSC (N = 9) | Questionnaires completed by Respondent- psychiatrists (N = 16) | Interviews (N = 102) | Total: 208 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average age [Mean (SD)] | 45.7 | 42.2 | 48.6 | 49.1 | 50.7 | 47.26 | |
| Gender [n (%)] | Female | 30 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 135 |
| Male | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 72 | |
| Current position [n (%)] | Psychiatrists | 0 | – | 0 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| General practitioners (GPs) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 10 | 10 | |
| Psychosocial clinicians | 9 | 7 | 0 | – | 4 | 20 | |
| Regional managers | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 4 | ||
| Directors | 0 | – | 3 | – | 35 | 38 | |
| Program administrators/Coordinators | 39 | 26 | 6 | – | 42 | 113 | |
| Years of experience [Mean (SD)] | In the current position | 7.4 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 5.9 |
| In psychiatry | – | – | – | 17.8 | – | 17.8 | |
| In health and social services | – | – | – | – | 23.1 | 23.1 | |
| In mental health (MH) | – | – | – | – | 19.4 | 19.4 | |
| With adult populations (MH) | – | – | – | – | 19.5 | 19.5 | |
| Organizations | Regional agencies | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
| Psychiatric hospitals (PHs) | 23 | – | – | 4 | 14 | 41 | |
| General hospitals (GHs) | 25 | – | – | 3 | 9 | 37 | |
| Health and social service centres | 33 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 95 | ||
| Medical clinics | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | ||
| Community organizations | – | – | – | – | 18 | 18 | |
| Types of territories [n (%)] | With a PH | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 82 |
| Without specialized MH services | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 20 | |
| > 200 000 inhabitants, with a psychiatric department in a GH | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 51 | |
| < 200 000 inhabitants, with a psychiatric department in a GH | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 64 | |
*MH: mental health.