↓ Skip to main content
Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#9 of 1,711)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (94th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
34 news outlets
blogs
5 blogs
policy
1 policy source
twitter
37 X users
facebook
3 Facebook pages
googleplus
1 Google+ user

Citations

dimensions_citation
162 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
262 Mendeley
Title
“I would never want to have a mental health diagnosis on my record”: A survey of female physicians on mental health diagnosis, treatment, and reporting
Published in
General Hospital Psychiatry, September 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.09.004
Pubmed ID
Authors

Katherine J. Gold, Louise B. Andrew, Edward B. Goldman, Thomas L. Schwenk

Abstract

Physicians have high rates of suicide and depression. Most state medical boards require disclosure of mental health problems on physician licensing applications, which has been theorized to increase stigma about mental health and prevent help-seeking among physicians. We surveyed a convenience sample of female physician-parents on a closed Facebook group. The anonymous 24-question survey asked about mental health history and treatment, perceptions of stigma, opinions about state licensing questions on mental health, and personal experiences with reporting. 2106 women responded, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Most respondents were aged 30-59. Almost 50% of women believed that they had met the criteria for mental illness but had not sought treatment. Key reasons for avoiding care included a belief they could manage independently, limited time, fear of reporting to a medical licensing board, and the belief that diagnosis was embarrassing or shameful. Only 6% of physicians with formal diagnosis or treatment of mental illness had disclosed to their state. Women physicians report substantial and persistent fear regarding stigma which inhibits both treatment and disclosure. Licensing questions, particularly those asking about a diagnosis or treatment rather than functional impairment may contribute to treatment reluctance.

X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 37 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 262 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Unknown 260 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 35 13%
Student > Bachelor 31 12%
Researcher 25 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 7%
Other 61 23%
Unknown 70 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 65 25%
Psychology 48 18%
Social Sciences 18 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 2%
Other 21 8%
Unknown 89 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 309. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 December 2023.
All research outputs
#111,574
of 25,584,565 outputs
Outputs from General Hospital Psychiatry
#9
of 1,711 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,286
of 330,132 outputs
Outputs of similar age from General Hospital Psychiatry
#1
of 17 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,584,565 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,711 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 330,132 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 17 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its contemporaries.