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Attitudes towards psychiatry among undergraduate medical students
Author Affiliations
Kowsar Hospital, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health, Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Square Hospitals
Published InBangladesh Journal of Psychiatry
Year2017
Citations6
Abstract
Mental health is the most neglected and stigmatized branch of medical science in Bangladesh. Attitudes towards psychiatry are an important determination for selection of the subject as career by the undergraduate medical students. The objective of this study was to determine the attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards psychiatry and related factors. It was across sectional study conducted from May 2013 to September 2013 among 1st and 5th year medical students of Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshashi and Shaheed Shahrawardi Medical College, Dhaka. Results showed that only 2.6% of 5th year medical students wanted to be specialized in psychiatry and none of 1st year medical students wanted to be specialized in psychiatry. All of them (100% and 98.7%) agreed with the…
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