Psychiatric residents' sexual contact with educators and patients: results of a national survey.
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.
Gartrell
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Psychiatric Research Associates, Cambridge, Mass.
Herman
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Olarte
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Localio
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Feldstein
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D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States