Gay and lesbian issues in residency training at u.s. Psychiatry programs

The authors conducted a survey that explored the training milieu of gay and lesbian psychiatric residents at various sites throughout the United States. In some ways, the residents surveyed have greater institutional support than was found in an earlier study of homosexual medical students. But there are clear and disturbing differences among residents based on gender, with men more likely than women to consider their program supportive of their sexual orientation. In spite of this relative advantage, gay men and lesbians, medical students and residents alike, would prefer that their training institutions be more supportive of their sexuality and more adept at facilitating sensitive care of homosexual patients.