Undergraduate medical students' attitude toward psychiatry: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-40

  Chawla, Jatinder Mohan ^a   Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh ^b   Sagar, Rajesh ^c   Shivaprakash, ^d  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; psychiatry; undergraduate training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAREER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING;

EID: 84859798113     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.94643     Document Type: Article

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