Rates of depression and anxiety among female medical students in Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-133

  Rab, Faiza ^a   Mamdou, R ^b   Nasir, S ^a  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL STRESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 44449119402     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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