Am J Psychiatry 1982; 139:818-821
Copyright © 1982 by American Psychiatric Association
Conflict among psychiatric residents in response to pregnancy
EL Auchincloss
An angry conflict erupted between male and female psychiatric residents
when 3 of 12 residents at a major training center become pregnant in the
second year of training. The author explores the fantasies and feelings
that fueled this conflict from the points of view of intrapsychic and group
dynamics. Problems within the institution are seen as providing the context
for the residents' conflicts aroused by the event of pregnancy.
