Warning: residency can make you depressed

MiamiDAP
Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:20:39 +0000

N’s Mom,
I know a great number of residents who are “foreign medical school grads”
Based on my observations, my speculation is opposite from yours. These are tough people, they have “psyched” themselves up for many obstacles completely un-known to Americans. I never actually heard about depression among them, with the exception of one televised case. I do not think though that the MD in this case was a resident, I believe that he was a world re-known pediatric surgeon and his wife even quit her practice and was staying at home wife (no children), just to support her husband. Anyway, he was a physician originally from Israel who committed a suicide. He had a show on TV which ended all of sudden and later I learned why.
Normally, “foreign medical school grads” are open to any opportunities, including non-medical, they are much more flexible and actually have a great support system, since family as a whole is also very flexible while level of understanding is simply very high, they know what each of them is going thru. Great number of them is also much older.
But again, without any data supporting my statement, it is only speculation.