Table 1

Demographic and clinical background of respondents' percentages are of those answering the question rounded to the nearest whole number

CharacteristicN (%)
Gender
 Male286 (82)
 Female62 (18)
Age (years)
 <4149 (14)
 41–45107 (31)
 46–5081 (23)
 51–5548 (14)
 56–6038 (11)
 >6026 (7)
Country of training
 UK and Ireland302 (86)
 Western Europe17 (5)
 Eastern Europe3 (1)
 Other developed countries12 (3)
 Developing countries15 (4)
Years working in neurology
 3–1011 (3)
 10–19173 (50)
 20–29106 (32)
 30–4754 (16)
Months working in psychiatry
 0256 (74)
 1–334 (10)
 4–629 (8)
 7–1219 (6)
 13–1009 (3)
Months working in neuropsychiatry
 0256 (74)
 1–340 (12)
 4–637 (11)
 7–15013 (4)
Experience of conversion before medicine
 None331 (90)
 In self7 (2)
 In family member20 (6)
 In friend9 (3)