Stress and symptoms of depression among medical students at the University of Copenhagen

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-95

  Haldorsen, Hilde ^a   Bak, Nanna Hasle ^b   Dissing, Agnete ^b   Petersson, Birgit ^b  

^a Nordlandssykehuset Lofoten ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

depression; education; gender; marginalization; medical students; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MARGINALIZATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL STUDENTS; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STRESS; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; GENDER; MARGINALIZATION; MEDICAL STUDENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893037929     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813503055     Document Type: Article

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