Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among First-Year Resident Physicians Working Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michelle K Ptak; Elena Frank; Katherine E T Ross; Jennifer L Cleary; Srijan Sen; Karina Pereira-Lima

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30241

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among First-Year Resident Physicians Working Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2330241. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30241.

Authors

Michelle K Ptak¹, Elena Frank², Katherine E T Ross¹, Jennifer L Cleary¹, Srijan Sen³, Karina Pereira-Lima⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Michigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
³ Eisenberg Family Depression Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study investigates differences in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among first-year resident physicians training before and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March to June 2020).

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Pandemics
Physicians*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / epidemiology