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Impaired Interns and Residents

Author(s) -

Trevor A. Hurwitz,

Morton Beiser,

Hamish Nichol,

Louise Patrick,

Jacek Kozak

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

the canadian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1497-0015

pISSN - 0706-7437

DOI - 10.1177/070674378703200301

Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , psychology , sleep deprivation , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , cognition

In 1981 a study was undertaken to determine intern and resident psychological well-being and identify those house staff who were psychologically impaired. Fourteen percent of house staff were found to be impaired. Single females and house staff who were chronically fatigued or socially isolated were at highest risk for impairment. Impairment arose out of the interaction between sleep and social deprivation and individual vulnerability. Minor tranquillizers, but not alcohol, were used as a coping response to impairment.

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