Determinants of mental well-being in medical students

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Bíró, Éva ^a   Balajti, Ilona ^a   Dány, Róza Á ^a   Kósa, Karolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Medical students; Mental well being; Psychological distress; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77949418293     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0062-0     Document Type: Article

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