Complications associated with surveying medical student depression: The importance of anonymity

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Levine, Ruth E ^a   Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^c   Sierles, Frederick S ^b   Camp, Gwendie ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0037371182     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.27.1.12     Document Type: Article

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