TY  - JOUR
T1  - PSychiatric disorders among professional women
AU  - Weiner A, Marten S, Wochnick E, Davis MA, Fishman R, Clayton PJ
Y1  - 1979/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780020059005
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 169
EP  - 173
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - • A group of 111 women physicians and 103 women PhDs, selected from the general community, were studied for the presence of psychiatric illness. Fifty-one percent of the MDs and 32% of the PhDs were diagnosed as having primary affective disorder (P <.01). Other psychiatric disorders were found in less than 10% of each group. Depression among the psychiatrists was significantly more common (73%) than among the other physicians (46%).More than 50% of all the women reported prejudice in training or employment, and depressed subjects reported prejudice more often than well subjects.The presence of children and depression were shown to disrupt a woman's professional career.The finding of a high prevalence of affective disorder among women physicians is consistent with the reported excessive suicide risk for this group.
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780020059005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780020059005
ER  -