Cessation support for smokers with mental health problems: a survey of resources and training needs.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Around thirty percent of smokers have a mental health problem. Smoking cessation has been associated with mental health benefits, but smoking prevalence remains high in populations with mental health problems. This study aimed to assess mental health related knowledge, practice, and training needs of practitioners supporting smoking cessation.

Methods

UK stop smoking practitioners (n=717) recruited via a database of a national provider of smoking cessation training in June 2016 sufficiently completed an online survey about available resources, knowledge, confidence, and training needs related to smoking cessation and mental health. Responses were described and compared between practitioners with a mental health lead and those without such a lead in their service using c

SUBMITTER: Simonavicius E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555355 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature