Medical students' subjective ratings of stress levels and awareness of student support services about mental health

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1052, 2013, Pages 311-315

  Walter, Garry ^a,b   Soh, Nerissa Li Wey ^b   Jaconelli, Sanna Norgren ^c   Lampe, Lisa ^a,d   Malhi, Gin S ^a,d   Hunt, Glenn ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Australia   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Clinical Assessment Diagnostic Evaluation Australia   (Australia)

^e Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878019135     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131343     Document Type: Article

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