July 26, 2010 Vol. XXVII, No. 28 Sign up for our FREE PW e-newsletter Home Past Issues Search Register Contact Us Back to Phys Weekly  Clinical Update  View Printable Page Depression During Medical Internships        An American study has found that there appears to be a marked increase in depressive symptoms during medical internship. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression scores increased from 2.4 before internship to a mean of 6.4 during internship. The number of participants who met PHQ-9 criteria for depression increased from 3.9% prior to internship to a mean of 25.7% during internship. Specific individual, internship, and genetic factors were associated with an increase in depressive symptoms.       Source: Archives of General Psychiatry, June 6, 2010.        REFERENCE LINKS: An abstract of the study is available at http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org.   To get Physician's Weekly posted in your hospital, click HERE PW Archives | Past Issues | Register | Contact Us | Search Archive | Back To Top © 2010 Physician’s Weekly, LLC Web design and development by Spindustry Interactive™