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Attitudes to psychiatry: a comparison of Spanish and US medical students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Guillem Pailhez ,
Antonio Bulbena  and
Richard Balon
Guillem Pailhez
Affiliation:
Departament de Salut Mental, Diputació de Barcelona, Av. Prat de la Riba 171, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain, email: pailhezvg@diba.es
Antonio Bulbena
Affiliation:
Institut d'Atenció Psiquiàtrica: Salut Mental i Toxicomanies, Hospital del Mar (IMAS), Barcelona, Spain
Richard Balon
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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There is a growing concern in many countries over the low recruitment into psychiatry among medical graduates. This has led to studies that aim: (1) to study the attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry, (2) to determine factors that influence such attitudes, (3) to assess the possible causes of this low recruitment and (4) to try to change students’ views of psychiatry during their medical education to improve recruitment.

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Thematic papers – Recruitment into psychiatry
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International Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 10 , October 2005 , pp. 6 - 8
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2005

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