|
Overall merits of psychiatry
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|
1. Psychiatric research has made good strides in advancing care of the major mental disorders
|
94
|
96
|
NS
|
|
6
|
4
|
|
2. Psychiatry is a rapidly expanding frontier of medicine
|
87
|
91
|
NS
|
|
13
|
9
|
|
3. Psychiatry is unscientific and imprecise
|
16
|
19
|
NS
|
|
84
|
81
|
|
Efficacy
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|
4. If someone in my family was very emotionally upset and the situation did not seem to be improving, I would recommend a psychiatric consultation
|
83
|
91
|
NS
|
|
17
|
9
|
|
5. Psychiatric consultation for medical or surgical patients is often helpful
|
90
|
93
|
NS
|
|
10
|
7
|
|
6. Psychiatric treatment is helpful to most people who receive it
|
91
|
91
|
NS
|
|
9
|
9
|
|
Role, definition and functioning of Psychiatrists
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|
7. Psychiatry is not a genuine and valid branch of medicine
|
5
|
4
|
NS
|
|
95
|
96
|
|
8. Most psychiatrists are clear, logical thinkers
|
93
|
94
|
NS
|
|
7
|
6
|
|
9. With few exceptions, clinical psychologists and social workers are just as qualified as psychiatrists to diagnose and treat emotionally disturbed persons
|
22
|
28
|
NS
|
|
78
|
72
|
|
10. Among mental health professionals, psychiatrists have the most authority and influence
|
59
|
68
|
NS
|
|
41
|
32
|
|
11. Psychiatrists are too frequently apologetic when teaching psychiatry
|
13
|
7
|
NS
|
|
87
|
93
|
|
12. Psychiatry is too ‘biologically’ minded and not attentive enough to the patient’s personal life and psychological problems
|
7
|
9
|
NS
|
|
93
|
91
|
|
13. Psychiatry is too analytical, theoretical, and psychodynamic, and not attentive enough to patient’s physiology
|
15
|
14
|
NS
|
|
85
|
86
|
|
Possible abuse and social criticism
|
|
14. Psychiatrists frequently abuse their legal power to hospitalise patients against their will
|
3
|
5
|
NS
|
|
97
|
95
|
|
15. On average, psychiatrists make as much money as most other doctors
|
64
|
68
|
NS
|
|
36
|
32
|
|
Career and personal reward
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|
16. Psychiatry has a low prestige among the general public
|
52
|
47
|
NS
|
|
48
|
53
|
|
17. Psychiatry has a high status among other medical disciplines
|
22
|
17
|
NS
|
|
78
|
83
|
|
18. Many people who could not obtain a residency position in other specialities eventually enter psychiatry
|
15
|
17
|
NS
|
|
85
|
83
|
|
19. Psychiatry is a discipline filled with international medical graduates whose skills are of low quality
|
5
|
9
|
NS
|
|
95
|
91
|
|
20. My family would discourage me from entering psychiatry
|
32
|
37
|
NS
|
|
68
|
63
|
|
21. Friends and fellow students would discourage me from entering psychiatry
|
28
|
35
|
NS
|
|
72
|
65
|
|
22. If a student expresses interest in psychiatry, he or she risks being associated with a group of other would-be psychiatrists who are often seen by others as odd, peculiar or neurotic
|
30
|
30
|
NS
|
|
70
|
70
|
|
23. I feel uncomfortable with mentally ill patients
|
44
|
16
|
0.001
|
|
56
|
84
|
|
Specific medical school factors
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|
24. Teaching of psychiatry at my medical school is interesting and of good quality
|
75
|
93
|
0.001
|
|
25
|
7
|
|
25. During my psychiatry rotation, psychiatry residents were good role models
|
N/A
|
89
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
11
|
|
26. Attending psychiatrists during my psychiatry rotation were good role models
|
N/A
|
92
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
8
|
|
27. Most psychiatrists at my medical school are clear, logical thinkers
|
93
|
98
|
NS
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
28. Most non-psychiatry staff at my medical school are respectful of psychiatry
|
80
|
85
|
NS
|
|
20
|
15
|
|
29. Although I am interested in psychiatry, no effort was made to encourage my becoming a psychiatrist at my medical school
|
40
|
23
|
0.001
|
|
60
|
77
|
