This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Medical school is a time-consuming endeavor. This can make it quite difficult to balance work and school with an enjoyable social life.

She spends all day listening to patients, lecturers, residents, attending doctors, so she’s basically a professional listener. So if you spill your.

Happy medical residents are all alike. Every unhappy resident would take a long time to count. But is it worse for women than men? Constance Guille and colleagues analyzed the mental health of more than 3, newly minted doctors at 44 hospitals across the country. Before starting residency, men and women had similar levels of depressive symptoms. After six months on the job, both genders experienced a sharp rise in depression scores — but the effect was much more pronounced for women.

A major reason: work-family conflict, which accounted for more than a third of the disparity. Despite large increases in the number of women in medicine, female physicians continue to shoulder the bulk of household and child care duties.