'I wouldn't want it on my CV or their records': Medical students' experiences of help-seeking for mental health problems

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 873-880

  Chew Graham, Carolyn A ^a,b   Rogers, Anne ^a   Yassin, Nuha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Rusholme Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Medical students; Mental health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0141786884     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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