Gender Disparities in the Child Psychiatry Ranks

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women: Highlighting Vulnerabilities and Opportunities

“…5 Despite female child and adolescent psychiatrists comprising the majority of the workforce, there are substantial disparities in leadership positions. 6 Similar to the trend in other academic medicine specialties, a pipeline problem exists in which there are more women in junior faculty roles and significantly less in senior faculty or senior leadership positions. 6 Women reach their professional ceiling quickly and continue to take on more responsibilities without advancements in their compensation or title.…”

“…6 Similar to the trend in other academic medicine specialties, a pipeline problem exists in which there are more women in junior faculty roles and significantly less in senior faculty or senior leadership positions. 6 Women reach their professional ceiling quickly and continue to take on more responsibilities without advancements in their compensation or title. A multitude of factors may contribute to this phenomenon including inadequate mentorship, limited presence of senior role models, and domestic responsibilities outside of medicine.…”

Towards a Culture Shift: Advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Women in Child Psychiatry

“…5 Amongst medical specialties, child and adolescent psychiatry has a majority of women. 6 While our workforce has increased in diversity, there remain barriers to ensure inclusion and equity -"guaranteeing access, opportunity, and fair treatment to all individuals." 7 Discrimination and bias in the workplace due to factors such as race, ethnicity and religion occur every day.…”

Editorial: Women in psychiatry 2022: child and adolescent psychiatry

“…Indeed, already in the seventies and eighties of the last century, some studies had brought to light the lower status for women in academia in comparison to male colleagues, including the scientific proficiency in terms of number of publications, research grant awards, citations, and esteem by professional colleagues ( 2 ) and their underrepresentation in editorial boards and granting agencies ( 3 ). Moreover, a clear gender disparity across faculty rank and among academic leadership positions emerges from a recent U.S. investigation ( 4 ). Indeed, 58% of Lecturers, Instructors, and Assistant Professors in child and adolescent psychiatry were women, but this percentage decreased to 53% of Associate Professors and to 31% of Full Professors.…”

“…In line with the overall disparities among senior faculty, Division Directors were also predominantly men, with only 32% women. Numbers were even most skewed for Named/Endowed Faculty, of whom only 14% were women ( 4 ).…”