Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:690-694
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric residents' sexual contact with educators and patients: results of a national survey
N Gartrell, J Herman, S Olarte, R Localio and M Feldstein
Psychiatric Research Associates, Cambridge, Mass.
In a national survey of PGY-4 psychiatric residents, 4.9% of the 548
respondents indicated that they had been sexually involved with psychiatric
educators and 0.9% reported that they had been sexually involved with
patients. Most residents reported no or minimal instruction in their
residency programs about educator-resident and resident-patient sexual
contact. The authors compare these results with those from previous surveys
of psychologists. They discuss the need for expanding training curricula to
include specific education on sexual exploitation.
