Medical students' evaluation of psychiatry: a cross-country comparison

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Abstract
Studies of attitudes toward psychiatry held by 368 medical students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and 204 senior medical students from 2 schools in Washington, USA, were reviewed. The attitudes of all of these students were remarkably similar as they viewed psychiatry as a worthwhile medical specialty but 1 of low prestige and low precision and thought that most psychiatric patients could be adequately managed by non-physicians. Recommendations for teaching basic psychiatric skills and for improving psychiatry''s image and attractiveness are offered.

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