TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kostić, Milutin
AU  - Radanović, Ana
AU  - Jovanović, Sonja
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://ipir.ipisr.org.rs/handle/123456789/630
AB  - Objective The aim of this study was to explore how changes in biologically based narratives versus socially focused ones affect
medical students’ perceptions of causes, treatment strategies, and social distance towards patients and their beliefs that patients
can improve.
Methods The sample consisted of 1652 medical students of 18 to 32 years of age from the Faculty ofMedicine at the University
of Belgrade. Three text passages describing a female with standard symptoms of depression were randomly assigned. Within the
text, additional information about different circumstances was included: information about personal problems (group S), family
mental disorder history (group B), or both (group BS).
Results Although family history of mental illness does not necessarily imply heredity, group B assumed a biological cause of
depression to be more probable and identified medication prescription as a more effective treatment approach than the other
groups did. Changes in views towards treatment strategies from the first year to later years were observed with the medical model
becoming more dominant.
Conclusions The results of this study warn us of a tendency towards thinking less about social causes and more about medication
prescription when an indication of biological causes is present. Implications for the medical education of future doctors and
clinical practitioners are discussed.
PB  - Springer
T2  - Academic Psychiatry
T1  - Shaping future doctors’ minds: effects of biological and social models on medical students’ views on depression
EP  - 209
SP  - 202
VL  - 46,
DO  - 10.1007/s40596-021-01515-x
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Kostić, Milutin and Radanović, Ana and Jovanović, Sonja",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Objective The aim of this study was to explore how changes in biologically based narratives versus socially focused ones affect
medical students’ perceptions of causes, treatment strategies, and social distance towards patients and their beliefs that patients
can improve.
Methods The sample consisted of 1652 medical students of 18 to 32 years of age from the Faculty ofMedicine at the University
of Belgrade. Three text passages describing a female with standard symptoms of depression were randomly assigned. Within the
text, additional information about different circumstances was included: information about personal problems (group S), family
mental disorder history (group B), or both (group BS).
Results Although family history of mental illness does not necessarily imply heredity, group B assumed a biological cause of
depression to be more probable and identified medication prescription as a more effective treatment approach than the other
groups did. Changes in views towards treatment strategies from the first year to later years were observed with the medical model
becoming more dominant.
Conclusions The results of this study warn us of a tendency towards thinking less about social causes and more about medication
prescription when an indication of biological causes is present. Implications for the medical education of future doctors and
clinical practitioners are discussed.",
publisher = "Springer",
journal = "Academic Psychiatry",
title = "Shaping future doctors’ minds: effects of biological and social models on medical students’ views on depression",
pages = "209-202",
volume = "46,",
doi = "10.1007/s40596-021-01515-x"
}

Kostić, M., Radanović, A.,& Jovanović, S.. (2022). Shaping future doctors’ minds: effects of biological and social models on medical students’ views on depression. in Academic Psychiatry
Springer., 46,, 202-209.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01515-x

Kostić M, Radanović A, Jovanović S. Shaping future doctors’ minds: effects of biological and social models on medical students’ views on depression. in Academic Psychiatry. 2022;46,:202-209.
doi:10.1007/s40596-021-01515-x .

Kostić, Milutin, Radanović, Ana, Jovanović, Sonja, "Shaping future doctors’ minds: effects of biological and social models on medical students’ views on depression" in Academic Psychiatry, 46, (2022):202-209,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01515-x . .