“I would never want to have a mental health diagnosis on my record”: A survey of female physicians on mental health diagnosis, treatment, and reporting

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-57

  Gold, Katherine J ^a   Andrew, Louise B ^b   Goldman, Edward B ^a   Schwenk, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b International Federation of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical licensing; Mental health; Physicians; Psychiatric treatment; Stigma; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SELF CARE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989169849     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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