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Characteristics of resident physicians accessing a specialised mental health service: a retrospective study.
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- [Mental health strategies for self-care and coping in medical residents].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Article
- Psychotic-like experiences and associated factors in resident physicians: A Canadian cross-sectional study.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2025Article
- [Mental health in postgraduate medicine: an urgency in the systematization of strategies].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Review
- Psychiatric Issues Among Health Professionals.The Medical clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Help Seeking of Highly Specialized Mental Health Treatment before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Health Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
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Abstract
objectivesLittle is known about resident physicians being treated at physician health programmes around the world despite the fact that it is a highly demanding training period. This study aims to describe the profiles of resident physicians accessing a specialised mental health service in Spain over a 20-year period and to compare them to consultant-grade physicians.
designRetrospective observational study.
settingMedical records of the Galatea Care Programme for Sick Physicians.
participants1846 physicians registered at the Barcelona Medical Council-Association and admitted to the programme from January 1998 to December 2018. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of admissions, sociodemographic and clinical variables, including medical specialty, main diagnosis and need of hospitalisation.
resultsResidents accounted for 18.1% (n=335) of the sample and admissions increased over the years. Most residents (n=311; 94.5%) and consultant-grade physicians (n=1391; 92.8%) were self-referred. The most common specialty among residents was family medicine (n=107; 31.9%), followed by internal medicine (n=18; 5.4%), paediatrics (n=14; 4.2%), psychiatry (n=13; 3.9%) and anaesthesiology (n=13; 3.9%). Residents, regardless of year of training, mainly asked for help because of adjustment (n=131; 39.1%), affective (n=77; 23%), anxiety disorders (n=40; 18.8%) and addictions (n=19; 5.7%). There were no significant differences between groups in the main diagnosis and in the variables related to need of hospitalisation. The percentage of residents accessing the programme was higher than in the reference population registered at the Barcelona Medical Council-Association (18.1% vs 7.6%; z=7.2, p<0.001) as was the percentage of family medicine residents (31.9% vs 19.6%; z=5.7, p<0.001).
conclusionsResidents are more likely than consultant-grade physicians to seek help when suffering from mental disorders. Local primary prevention actions since the beginning of their training period and having access to a well-known highly reliable programme may partly explain these findings.
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