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Emotional Illness in Psychiatric Trainees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. M. Waring*
Affiliation:
The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto M5T 1R8, Ontario

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Emotional illness in psychiatric post-graduate trainees has been the topic of several papers in recent years (1, 2, 3). In summary, these papers suggest that emotional illness in psychiatric training is common. Anxiety and depression characterize these illnesses and occur most frequently in the first year of training. But, as Halleck and Woods have stated, ‘Information as to the prevalence of anxiety states, depression, suicide, psychoses or serious acting out is unavailable’ (4).

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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