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Psychiatric Illness in Medical Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Paula H. Salmons
Paula H. Salmons*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Birmingham University Medical School, Birmingham B15 2TH
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Summary

Over a 25 year period, 2.4 per cent of Birmingham medical students developed psychiatric disorder which was severe enough to cause loss of time from the course; 1 per cent of the total required hospital admission. One-third of the psychiatrically ill students did not graduate, but those who did were as likely as graduates who had not been ill to remain on the Medical Register.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 505 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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