title: [The beginning psychiatric training syndrome in the year 2007. Myth or reality?].
abstract: The beginning psychiatric training syndrome is a controversial, but imaginative nosological concept. This short paper provides a concise overview of the relevant literature on beginning psychiatric training syndrome, and presents the results of a pilot study regarding health problems among 35 residents in the Netherlands. On the basis of the two analyses, it is concluded that, as a rule, health problems among this group of doctors tend not to evolve into states of psychopathology in the restricted sense. Nonetheless, it is advisable to monitor such health problems with a view to their prevention.
authors.affiliation: Parnassia Bavo Groep te Den Haag.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: van Veen
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wauben
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Blom
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires