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Table 1 The change in child and adolescent psychiatry knowledge of paediatricians following the three day workshop.

From: Strengthening the Paediatricians Project 2: The effectiveness of a workshop to address the Priority Mental Health Disorders of adolescence in low-health related human resource countries

Item

Pre workshop Mean (sd)

Post workshop Mean (sd)

Unadjusted difference Z value

P Value

Adjusted difference a β(SE) value

P Value

1. When an adolescent says that he has been hearing people talk bad things about him when no one is talking about him, when he is fully awake and conscious. What is this phenomenology?

0.40(0.49)

0.57(0.50)

-2.5

0.01

1.0(0.27)

0.001

2. When an adolescent complaints to you about racing of thoughts, what psychiatric disorder is this psychopathology suggestive of?

0.37(0.49)

0.53(0.50)

-2.9

0.004

1.6(0.32)

0.001

3. What is your medication of choice for depression among adolescents?

0.28(0.45)

0.52(0.50)

-3.5

0.001

1.4(0.28)

0.001

4. When an adolescent girl comes to you with weakness of her right hand and all the lab investigations are normal and has significant stressful life events, what is her possible psychiatric diagnosis?

0.10(0.30)

0.20(0.40)

-1.7

0.08

1.3(0.29)

0.001

5. What form of psychotherapy is cognitive therapy?

0.18(0.39)

0.22(0.41)

-5.3

0.5

0.17(0.32)

0.5

Total score

1.33(1.44)

2.0(1.7)

-4.0

0.001

1.7(0.36)

0.001

  1. a = adjusted for level of training in paediatrics and number of years spent as paediatrician