Mental health of medical students before and during medical education: A prospective study

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-92

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a   Mat Pa, Mohamad Najib ^a   Esa, Ab Rahman ^b   Abdul Rahim, Ahmad Fuad ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Medical students; Mental health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 84886401053     PISSN: 16583612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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