Provision of mental health support for medical students

Studying medicine at university requires hard work and motivation. The medical school curriculum is vast, and as well as being academically rigorous, also holds emotional challenges. This can predispose students to mental health issues, which include depression and suicidal thinking. Since these are...

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Autores principales: Kothari, Varun, George, Natalie, Hamid, Osama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30588147
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S184571
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description Studying medicine at university requires hard work and motivation. The medical school curriculum is vast, and as well as being academically rigorous, also holds emotional challenges. This can predispose students to mental health issues, which include depression and suicidal thinking. Since these are significant issues, we feel it is important to highlight the reasons behind them, and the options available to students to deal with them.
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spelling pubmed-62988722018-12-26 Provision of mental health support for medical students Kothari, Varun George, Natalie Hamid, Osama Adv Med Educ Pract Commentary Studying medicine at university requires hard work and motivation. The medical school curriculum is vast, and as well as being academically rigorous, also holds emotional challenges. This can predispose students to mental health issues, which include depression and suicidal thinking. Since these are significant issues, we feel it is important to highlight the reasons behind them, and the options available to students to deal with them. Dove Medical Press 2018-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6298872/ /pubmed/30588147 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S184571 Text en © 2018 Kothari et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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