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Studies suggest that psychiatrists and psychiatric residents may be at increased risk for psychiatric illness, including affective disorder and substance abuse, and may seek treatment for symptom reduction or because of functional impairment (Hsu and Marshalll 1987; Hughes et al. 1992; Rich and Pitts 1980; Tyssen and Vaglum 2002). In addition, residents may seek treatment for educational objectives. Indeed, many psychiatric training programs, particularly those teaching psycho-dynamic psychotherapy, encourage residents to engage in individual psychodynamic psychotherapy (Daly 1998). Knowledge about the current prevalence of psychiatric treatment among residents and the attitudes of residents toward personal treatment remains limited. To our knowledge, there are no available data concerning rates of medication use among psychiatric residents.
This study surveyed psychiatric residents in Manhattan about their personal psychiatric treatment. The study had two main objectives: