Objective The discipline of psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career option, have been
negatively regarded by medical students for decades. There is a large amount of literature …

In 2009 the WPA President established a Task Force that was to examine available
evidence about the stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists and to make …

Paradigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction
of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered …

Background Recruitment to psychiatry is insufficient to meet projected mental health service
needs world-wide. We report on the career plans of final year medical students from 20 …

Potential psychiatrists decide on their careers before, during or after medical school. This
article summarises the literature focusing on the first two groups. Pre-medical school factors …

Objective This study surveyed medical teaching faculty to determine their attitudes toward
psychiatry and psychiatrists. Method We conducted a multisite survey of a probability sample …

Objectives (1) Investigate and explore whether different classes of associative stigma (the
process by which a person experiences stigmatisation as a result of an association with …

Objectives The authors aim to determine the attitudes of University of Nairobi, Kenya,
medical students toward psychiatry. Methods The study design was cross-sectional. Self …

Methods A 39-question online survey was developed by medical students from the
Universities of Nottingham and Oxford with support from an academic geriatrician. The …

Objective: To investigate the attitudes of Danish medical students as to the attractiveness of
psychiatry as a career possibility and to asses the impact on such attitudes of actual contact …