Depression, anxiety and their associated factors among medical students

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-126

  Alvi, Tabassum ^a   Assad, Fatima ^a   Ramzan, Mussarat ^a   Khan, Faiza Aslam ^b  

^a National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Age; Anxiety; Depression; Education characteristic; Examination; Female gender; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BIRTH ORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; BIRTH ORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949849005     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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