Characteristics of resident physicians accessing a specialised mental health service: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little 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.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Medical records of the Galatea Care Programme for Sick Physicians.

Participants

1846 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 spec

SUBMITTER: Braquehais MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640645 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature