Abstract
This study examined continuing education (CE) priorities among mental health professionals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Participant informants were 102 (67.1%) of the 152 professionals enrolled for a mental health symposium event. The sample comprised 73.5% women, 59.8% psychologists and 52.9% public service workers. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires tapping participant work contexts, commonly encountered mental health problems, client age groups, mental health problems they wished to learn more about, current methods of accessing CE, use of web-based academic resources, and membership of formalised CE groups. In addition, participants were asked to rank their broad learning priority areas including ethics and related issues. Participants listed mood disorders (40.1%) and anxiety disorders (22.4%) as the commonest problems they dealt with, and cited mood disorders (27.3%), child or developmental issues (21.8%) and anxiety disorders (18.2%) as the areas they most needed CE. Treatment issues, followed by ethics/legal/human rights issues, were also prioritized as learning areas.
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