TY - JOUR
T1 - The Radiologist and Depression
AU - Bender, Claire E.
AU - Parikh, Jay R.
AU - Arleo, Elizabeth Kagan
AU - Bluth, Edward
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American College of Radiology
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Clinical depression affects physicians, including radiologists. Medical professionals, including radiologists, may be more comfortable treating a patient than being one, and psychiatric issues may be regarded as taboo for discussion, so the issue of clinical depression in the specialty and subspecialty has not received widespread attention. Specifically, a review of the national and international literature in PubMed, Scopus, and Google reveals few publications dedicated to the issue of clinical depression in radiology; although statistically, they must exist. The purpose of this report is to define the terms and describe the manifestations and scope of the issues related to clinical depression, with special attention given to risk factors unique to radiologists, such as working in low ambient light or near different fields of magnetic strength. By the end of the article, it is the authors’ hope that the reading radiologist will be aware of, and open to, the possibility of clinical depression in a colleague or within his or herself because clinical depression is common and it is important to get help.
AB - Clinical depression affects physicians, including radiologists. Medical professionals, including radiologists, may be more comfortable treating a patient than being one, and psychiatric issues may be regarded as taboo for discussion, so the issue of clinical depression in the specialty and subspecialty has not received widespread attention. Specifically, a review of the national and international literature in PubMed, Scopus, and Google reveals few publications dedicated to the issue of clinical depression in radiology; although statistically, they must exist. The purpose of this report is to define the terms and describe the manifestations and scope of the issues related to clinical depression, with special attention given to risk factors unique to radiologists, such as working in low ambient light or near different fields of magnetic strength. By the end of the article, it is the authors’ hope that the reading radiologist will be aware of, and open to, the possibility of clinical depression in a colleague or within his or herself because clinical depression is common and it is important to get help.
KW - Radiologist
KW - depression
KW - resident/trainee
KW - seasonal affective disorder
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.03.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.03.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 27085789
AN - SCOPUS:84964403703
SN - 1546-1440
VL - 13
SP - 863
EP - 867
JO - Journal of the American College of Radiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Radiology
IS - 7
ER -