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[MDgonnabe]

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do psychiatrists allegedly have the highest divorce rates amongst all the medical specialties?

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[nortomaso]

do psychiatrists allegedly have the highest divorce rates amongst all the medical specialties?

reference

Maybe its because they spend the most time with their spouses.

 

[Milo]

The original reference quotes a divorce rate for psychiatrists at 51%. This is generally the number given for the general population (ref: divorcereform.org).

Why are the other specialities so dissimilar compared to the general population? Makes the second comment quite apropos.

Perhaps familiarity does in fact breed contempt. Is the 110-hour work week the solution for marital woes? 😉

 

[OldPsychDoc]

Maybe its because they spend the most time with their spouses.

According to Hollywood it's because bad psychiatrists have sex with their patients and then kill them--whereas good psychiatrists just have sex with their patients.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

do psychiatrists allegedly have the highest divorce rates amongst all the medical specialties?

reference

Did anyone notice the graduating years on which this study was based?
1948 through 1964! These folks are now retirement age and older.

This represents an ENTIRELY different societal culture, medical culture, and psychiatric culture. I would really NOT generalize these findings to the current world.

 

[MDgonnabe]

Perhaps familiarity does in fact breed contempt. Is the 110-hour work week the solution for marital woes? 😉

ah, if only... but that doesn't explain why surgeons have the 2nd highest medical divorce rate, nor why dermatologists or other cushy specialties aren't as high... or are they? psychdoc did point out the age of the study being a huge factor, and i believe it was further limited to hopkins physicians at that. but one still has to wonder if this phenomenon wasn't related to the personality of the typical psych doctor.

anyway... back to the hospital... blah...

 

[OldPsychDoc]

ah, if only... but that doesn't explain why surgeons have the 2nd highest medical divorce rate, nor why dermatologists or other cushy specialties aren't as high... or are they? psychdoc did point out the age of the study being a huge factor, and i believe it was further limited to hopkins physicians at that. but one still has to wonder if this phenomenon wasn't related to the personality of the typical psych doctor.

anyway... back to the hospital... blah...

The "typical psych doctor" in 1965...

 

[MDgonnabe]

The "typical psych doctor" in 1965...

your generation then? 😉

 

[OldPsychDoc]

your generation then? 😉

😀
I may be old, but I was barely into my oedipal stage in 1965...