Background: Medical students consistently report low rates of interest in psychiatry as a
career over time with negative perceptions of the specialty. Only 3–6% of students enter the …

Aims: The aim was to study the attitude of teaching medical specialists of an academic
medical center in East India toward psychiatry. Settings and Design: This was a cross …

Stigma towards psychiatry, a debilitating phenomenon worldwide, is likely to have
engendered the longstanding lack of recruitment into psychiatry in Sri Lanka (SL). However …

Aims and methodSummer schools are advocated as part of the national recruitment initiative
despite little evidence of their impact. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a 3-day non …

There have been increasing numbers of suggestions that general practitioners (GPs) should
be more involved in undergraduate teaching. This study looks at GPs' opinions regarding …

Stigmatisering van psychiatrie en psychiatrische patiënten is in de dagelijkse praktijk alom
tegenwoordig, zowel op het niveau van de arts, van de patiënt, als van de maatschappij. Dat …

Objective Negative attitude toward psychiatry (ATP) and not choosing it as a career are
prevalent among graduated medical students; however, the situation in Egypt is unknown …

Aims: This study aimed to assess the attitudes of teaching medical specialists toward
psychiatry and its association with sociodemographic profile and career stage. Settings and …

Background: Psychiatry is a new specialty as compared to other branches of medical
sciences. Society in general and medical students in particular is not fully aware of the …

Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the opinions of Primary Care Physicians (PCPs)
on psychiatry and psychiatrists and on attitudes towards psychiatry among the general …