Thorny laurels: The impostor phenomenon in academic psychiatry

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 418-421

  Seritan, Andreea L ^a   Mehta, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ACHIEVEMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84971238090     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: 15457230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0392-z     Document Type: Review

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