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The affective experience of residency training in community psychiatry

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.3.267

The community setting arouses disturbing feelings (of anxiety, loneliness, anger, and disappointment) within the resident in a manner that is both unique and potentially constructive for his development as a clinician. The examination of these feelings in the supervisory setting and through peer supervision is crucial to the success of the resident's work in the community.

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