title: Patterns of substance use in the medical profession.
abstract: National drug use surveys of medical students and resident physicians in 1987 found that medical school was not a time when students began to use drugs, nor was it a time when they engaged in heavy use. Medical students and resident physicians reported lower rates of illicit drug use than their age and gender counterparts. Although males generally were more likely to use substances than females, young male and female physicians resembled one another in their current rates of substance use more than they resembled their gender counterparts in society.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Psychiatry, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Storr
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Conard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheehan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D000662:Amphetamines; D002188:Cannabis; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010815:Physician Impairment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013337:Students, Medical; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D003042:Cocaine