PERSONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS

The clinician-patient relationship is more intense in the field of psychiatry than in other specialities of medicine. In this context, an understanding of the personality assets and liabilities of a psychiatrist takes on special significance. In the present comparative cross-sectional study, the per...

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Autores principales: Chowdhury, Jyotirmoy Roy, Channabasavanna, S.M., Prabhu, G.G., Sarmukaddam, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927242
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author Chowdhury, Jyotirmoy Roy
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description The clinician-patient relationship is more intense in the field of psychiatry than in other specialities of medicine. In this context, an understanding of the personality assets and liabilities of a psychiatrist takes on special significance. In the present comparative cross-sectional study, the personality profile, positive mental health characteristics and empathy were studied in two groups of residents in psychiatry and one in general medicine. Residents in psychiatry had greater amount of positive mental health characteristics and identifiable personality traits. However, in empathy the three groups did not show any significant difference. The utility and implications of the results are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-31724772011-09-16 PERSONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS Chowdhury, Jyotirmoy Roy Channabasavanna, S.M. Prabhu, G.G. Sarmukaddam, S. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article The clinician-patient relationship is more intense in the field of psychiatry than in other specialities of medicine. In this context, an understanding of the personality assets and liabilities of a psychiatrist takes on special significance. In the present comparative cross-sectional study, the personality profile, positive mental health characteristics and empathy were studied in two groups of residents in psychiatry and one in general medicine. Residents in psychiatry had greater amount of positive mental health characteristics and identifiable personality traits. However, in empathy the three groups did not show any significant difference. The utility and implications of the results are discussed. Medknow Publications 1987 /pmc/articles/PMC3172477/ /pubmed/21927242 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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