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Dennis K. Wentz, MD; Charles V. Ford, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tenn

JAMA. 1985;253(19):2829-2830.

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Drs Davis and Craighill call attention to several important points. We cited the most quoted articles regarding the effects of internship on a young physician's mental health, but note that these were largely retrospective studies. We regret that we did not use the term "spouse," since it is now obvious that women will soon constitute approximately one third of all residents in training.

The study that the writers question is our own; we believe it does show that our sample retrospectively exaggerated the degree of emotional stress experienced. This sample was small, due to the voluntary nature of the study, but we do believe that we had a representative group of subjects. Included were interns from medicine, obstetrics-gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery. Because of our agreement with the department chairmen, we did not report the specific breakdown of data by department. We agree "that interns are the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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