Carla L. Storr

TL;DR: Self-reported substance abuse and dependence were at highest levels among psychiatrists and emergency physicians, and lowest among surgeons, with evidence that a specialty can organize prevention programs to address patterns of substance use specific to that specialty.

TL;DR: Analysis of correlations among stressors, psychological strain, and behavioral reactions in a national sample of resident physicians showed that those experiencing high job-related stressors experienced high psychological strain in both their personal and professional lives.

TL;DR: Results indicated that relations among stressors, strains, and substance use were not strong.

TL;DR: Though males generally were more likely to use substances than females, young male and female physicians resembled one another in their current rates of substance use more than they resembled their gender counterparts in society.

TL;DR: Survey data of lifetime and recent drug use in national samples of senior medical students and resident physicians showed that a single latent dimension of 'drug involvement' characterized individual drug use differences on the following measures: substances ever used, substances used in the previous year or previous month, and the sequential order of first use for each substance.