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Perceived Personal and Institutional Influences on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Careers

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To assess possible influences on the professional success of child and adolescent psychiatry investigators, all 187 physician-first authors of research posters presented at 4 annual meetings of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry were asked to complete a questionnaire. Responses numbered 147 (79%), with 80% (117/147) spontaneously naming one or more workplace factors, such as excessive clinical, administrative, or teaching demands, as hindrances to their success as researchers. The most important hindrances andfacilitatingfactors are discussed and suggestions are made to promote the development of research investigators in child and adolescent psychiatry.

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Patricia K. Leebens M.D. (clinical instructor),  David E. Walker B.A. (3rd-year medical student) &  James F. Leckman M.D. (professor of child psychiatry)

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Leebens, P.K., Walker, D.E. & Leckman, J.F. Perceived Personal and Institutional Influences on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Careers. Acad Psychiatry 19, 150–158 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341426

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