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In order to test the hypothesis that clinical psychologists might be a potential pool for recruitment into psychiatry, 126 clinical psychology graduate students and 81 psychiatry residents were surveyed. These groups are similar, particularly in their self descriptions, their interest in human motivation, and their perception of emotional difficulties in themselves and family members. These similarities could mean that the two groups represent a common pool of students that could be recruited into either profession. Since the mean age of decision for psychologists was nineteen, psychiatry must have an influence on these potential recruits in high school or early in college.
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This work was in part supported by a National Institute of Mental Health grant for psychiatric education.
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Flaherty, J.A., Blumberg, P. Clinical Psychology: A Potential Pool for Recruitment. Acad Psychiatry 8, 136–141 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399922
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399922