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Researchers at Medical College of Wisconsin Target Mental

Health Diseases and Conditions (The Impact of Mental Illness
Disclosure in Applying for Residency).
Date: June 1, 2020
From: Mental Health Weekly Digest
Publisher: NewsRX LLC
Document Type: Report
Length: 525 words
Lexile Measure: 1470L

Full Text:
2020 JUN 1 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Data detailed on Mental Health
Diseases and Conditions have been presented. According to news reporting from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by NewsRx journalists,
research stated, "Medical students have higher rates of depression than age-matched peers. Given the societal stigma against
mental illness, students with depression often seek guidance on disclosing this in residency applications."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Medical College of Wisconsin, "This study aimed to answer
whether disclosing a mental illness during the residency application process affects an applicant's success in the National Resident
Matching Program. The authors hypothesized candidates disclosing mental illness would receive fewer interviews and would be
ranked lower than those disclosing physical illness. The authors randomized program directors from residencies accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to receive one of two surveys. Both surveys included similar
demographic information and three applicant vignettes, varying only in presence and type of illness disclosed (major depression or
diabetes mellitus). The authors analyzed data using the Generalized Estimating Equation method for ordinal logistic regression. Out
of 3838 ACGME residency programs, 596 responded (16.9%). A total of 380 (10.7%) program directors (survey 1, n=204, 5.3%;
survey 2, n=176, 4.6%) completed the survey. Applicants who disclosed a history of depression had higher odds of being in a lower
category of receiving an invitation (OR=3.60, p<.001 for a 'perfect' applicant, OR=2.39, p<.001 for a 'good' applicant with leave of
absence) and a lower category for match ranking (OR=1.94, p=.01 for a perfect applicant, OR=2.30, p<.001 for a good applicant with
leave of absence) compared with the candidate who disclosed a history of diabetes. However, strong applicants who disclosed
depression still fared better in the application process than an average applicant without disclosed illness (OR=0.13, p<.001 for invite
and OR=0.04, p<.001 for rank)."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Disclosing depression during the residency application process puts an
applicant at a notable, however not insurmountable, disadvantage compared with applicants who do not disclose mental illness."

For more information on this research see: The Impact of Mental Illness Disclosure in Applying for Residency. Academic Psychiatry,
2020;():. Academic Psychiatry can be contacted at: Amer Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Ste 1825, Arlington, VA
22209-3901, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M. Pheister, Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI, United States. Additional authors for this research include R.M. Peters and M.I Wrzosek.

Publisher contact information for the journal Academic Psychiatry is: Amer Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Ste
1825, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, USA.

Keywords for this news article include: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Psychiatry, United States, Mental Illness, Health and Medicine, North
and Central America, Mental Health Diseases and Conditions.

Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world. Copyright 2020, NewsRx LLC

The citation for this news report is: NewsRx. Researchers at Medical College of Wisconsin Target Mental Health Diseases and
Conditions (The Impact of Mental Illness Disclosure in Applying for Residency). Mental Health Weekly Digest. June 1, 2020; p 430.
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Source Citation (MLA 9th Edition)
"Researchers at Medical College of Wisconsin Target Mental Health Diseases and Conditions (The Impact of Mental Illness
Disclosure in Applying for Residency)." Mental Health Weekly Digest, 1 June 2020, p. 430. Gale Academic OneFile Select,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/A625348570/EAIM?u=ureginalib&sid=bookmark-EAIM&xid=23f89eb8. Accessed 8 July 2023.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A625348570