title: French medical students' opinion of psychiatry.
abstract: A questionnaire on attitudes toward psychiatry was submitted to French medical students in their first year of specialized training in psychiatry or in another medical specialty. The findings do not differ from those of previous United States investigations. In France, although psychiatry is a full medical specialty, psychiatrists are perceived as different from other physicians. Both groups of students believed that psychiatric treatment is efficacious but remained unsure of its scientific value.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires