Psychiatry's anxious years: decline in allure as a career leads to self-examination
Nelson, B.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 74(10): 304-305
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 6963894 Document Number: 189045
American psychiatrists are increasingly distressed because they believe too few medical school students a re being attracted to the profession to keep psychiatry vital and to meet the nation's mental health needs. Some psychiatrists conclude that the decade-long plunge in interest that led to the current situation reflects a disillusionment on the part of medical students over the scientifíc validity and practical effectiveness of the discipline. They also point to student dissatisfaction with a prospective income that has become relatively low in comparison to that of other physicians.
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