ATTITUDE TOWARDS PSYCHIATRY: ACROSS MEDICAL GRADUATION – A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Aims: The aim of present study was to compare the Attitude towards psychiatry between first year students of medical graduation and after completion of medical graduation ie during internship.  Materials and Methods: This cross sectional, questionnaire based comparative study consisted of consenting first year students of medical graduation and interns. sociodemographic variables and reply tothe Attitude Towards Psychiatry (ATP-30)  questionnaire was collected for analysis. Results: The sample consisted of 75 participants; 40 first year students and 35 interns. There were 43 males and 32 females. The mean total ATS score for male was 100.88 and for females it was 109.87. Also for first year and interns it was 105.90 and 103.37 respectively. Conclusions : comparison showed that females had more positive attitude towards psychiatry than males and there was no significant difference attitude towards psychiatry between first year and interns.