title: [A attitude toward psychiatry among medical students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the attitudes of medical students toward psychiatry.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 254 fourth-year medical students were investigated with a 29-item questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although in general, medical school students showed a positive attitude towards psychiatry, opinions about certain aspects like the reputation of psychiatry and the attitude toward psychiatric therapy were not positive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are still some misunderstandings for psychiatry among medical school students, some of which are based on false beliefs that should be actively targeted for remediation.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute of Second Xiangya hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Xuyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Tieqiao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013038:Specialization; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult