Assaults and Microaggressions Against Psychiatric Residents: Findings from a US Survey.

Drew DawsonSarah Beth BellNicholas HollmanTara LemensCrystal ObiozorDanielle SafoTessa Manning

Published in: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry (2024)

Psychiatric residents experience widespread assault and microaggressions in the clinical setting but often do not report them. Due to the ubiquitous nature of these events, programs should provide training about early recognition and de-escalation techniques for agitation, responding effectively to microaggressions, and the importance of reporting events.

Keyphrases

mental health
public health
cross sectional
open label
adverse drug
emergency department
virtual reality
clinical trial