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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 5

Articles | November 01, 1969

Psychiatric Attitudes of Young Physicians: II. The Effects of Postgraduate Training and Clinical Practice

G. J. TUCKER; R. F. REINHARDT

Am J Psychiatry 1969;126:721-724.

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Assistant professor, department of psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn. 06510

Department of psychiatry and neurology, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, Fla.

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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The authors discuss the effects of psychiatric education on the changing attitudes of a large group of physicians toward psychiatry, psychiatrists, psychotherapy, and psychiatric patients. They conclude that general physicians' attitudes toward mental illness can be affected by training whereas their attitudes toward psychiatrists and psychotherapy change only minimally.

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