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Table 1 Characteristics of clinic directors and staff who responded to the surveys

From: Identification and management of alcohol use and illicit substance use in outpatient psychiatric clinics in Sweden: a national survey of clinic directors and staff

Characteristics

Clinic directors (n = 132)

Staff (n = 522)

Age

Mean (SD)

54.0 (8.2)

48.5 (10.8)

%

n

%

n

Gender

Male

22.7

30/132

22.8

119/520

Type of clinic

General

58.3

77/130

56.7

295/520

Specialista

26.9

35/130

20.5

107/520

Psychosis

13.8

18/130

22.6

118/520

Substance abuse trainingb

Yes

79.2

103/130

35.7

183/512

  1. aIn this category we included all specialist clinics other than psychosis (bipolar disorder/obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)/neuropsychiatric clinics etc.)
  2. b‘Yes’ in the clinic director survey indicated any continuing education (CE) training; ‘Yes’ in the staff survey indicated any CE training beyond undergraduate studies