Table 1.
Sample Characteristics (Nondepressed Subjects Prior to Internship, N = 1215).
| Age | M ± SD: 27.48 ± 2.70 years |
| Sex (female) | N = 591; 48.9% |
| Depression History (positive) | N = 514; 42.3% |
| Race | |
| White | 62.3% |
| Black | 3.6% |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 22.4% |
| Latino | 3.9% |
| Native American | 0.1% |
| Multiracial | 4.3% |
| “Other” | 4.4 % |
| Specialty | |
| Internal medicine | 35.8% |
| Surgery | 11.4% |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 4.5% |
| Pediatrics | 11.4% |
| Psychiatry | 5.9% |
| Emergency medicine | 6.2% |
| Internal medicine/pediatrics | 2.2% |
| Family practice | 5.6% |
| “Other” | 16.0 |
| Transitional | 1.0% |
Note. Depression history reported in response to “To the best of your recollection, have you EVER experienced an episode of depression (a two week period of your life when you felt down or lost interest or pleasure in your usual activities and also had difficulty concentrating or noticed changes in sleep, appetite, energy or experienced thoughts of death or feelings of guilt)?”