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Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies

Background and objectives: The presence of mental health problems in the population of medical students in Italy has been evaluated in several cross-sectional studies, which have used different methodologies and study designs. However, a global overview of the prevalence of mental health problems in...

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Autores principales: Sampogna, Gaia, Lovisi, Giovanni Marcos, Zinno, Francesca, Del Vecchio, Valeria, Luciano, Mario, Gonçalves Loureiro Sol, Érika, Unger, Roberto José Gervásio, Ventriglio, Antonio, Fiorillo, Andrea
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7823352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374475
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010011
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author Sampogna, Gaia
Lovisi, Giovanni Marcos
Zinno, Francesca
Del Vecchio, Valeria
Luciano, Mario
Gonçalves Loureiro Sol, Érika
Unger, Roberto José Gervásio
Ventriglio, Antonio
Fiorillo, Andrea
author_facet Sampogna, Gaia
Lovisi, Giovanni Marcos
Zinno, Francesca
Del Vecchio, Valeria
Luciano, Mario
Gonçalves Loureiro Sol, Érika
Unger, Roberto José Gervásio
Ventriglio, Antonio
Fiorillo, Andrea
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description Background and objectives: The presence of mental health problems in the population of medical students in Italy has been evaluated in several cross-sectional studies, which have used different methodologies and study designs. However, a global overview of the prevalence of mental health problems in Italian medical students is not available, although this would be essential for promoting preventive strategies and supportive treatments. Materials and Methods: An integrative review aiming to describe the prevalence of mental health problems in Italian medical students has been performed. Results: The most relevant findings are the high prevalence of substance use, in particular alcohol and nicotine, and of depressive and anxiety disorders in Italian medical students. In particular, substance use ranges from 13 to 86%, which is higher compared to Italian students coming from other faculties. Italian medical students show a high rate of smoking and of depressive symptoms of about 20%. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need to develop appropriate supportive interventions for the medical student population, which are rarely provided and implemented among the routine activities of Italian medical universities. A relevant aspect to be considered is the stigma and anticipated discrimination attached to mental disorders, which reduce the help-seeking process in medical students.
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spelling pubmed-78233522021-01-24 Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies Sampogna, Gaia Lovisi, Giovanni Marcos Zinno, Francesca Del Vecchio, Valeria Luciano, Mario Gonçalves Loureiro Sol, Érika Unger, Roberto José Gervásio Ventriglio, Antonio Fiorillo, Andrea Medicina (Kaunas) Review Background and objectives: The presence of mental health problems in the population of medical students in Italy has been evaluated in several cross-sectional studies, which have used different methodologies and study designs. However, a global overview of the prevalence of mental health problems in Italian medical students is not available, although this would be essential for promoting preventive strategies and supportive treatments. Materials and Methods: An integrative review aiming to describe the prevalence of mental health problems in Italian medical students has been performed. Results: The most relevant findings are the high prevalence of substance use, in particular alcohol and nicotine, and of depressive and anxiety disorders in Italian medical students. In particular, substance use ranges from 13 to 86%, which is higher compared to Italian students coming from other faculties. Italian medical students show a high rate of smoking and of depressive symptoms of about 20%. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need to develop appropriate supportive interventions for the medical student population, which are rarely provided and implemented among the routine activities of Italian medical universities. A relevant aspect to be considered is the stigma and anticipated discrimination attached to mental disorders, which reduce the help-seeking process in medical students. MDPI 2020-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7823352/ /pubmed/33374475 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010011 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sampogna, Gaia
Lovisi, Giovanni Marcos
Zinno, Francesca
Del Vecchio, Valeria
Luciano, Mario
Gonçalves Loureiro Sol, Érika
Unger, Roberto José Gervásio
Ventriglio, Antonio
Fiorillo, Andrea
Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
title Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
title_full Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
title_fullStr Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
title_short Mental Health Disturbances and Related Problems in Italian University Medical Students from 2000 to 2020: An Integrative Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
title_sort mental health disturbances and related problems in italian university medical students from 2000 to 2020: an integrative review of qualitative and quantitative studies
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7823352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33374475
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010011
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