First- and last-year medical students: Is there a difference in the prevalence and intensity of anxiety and depressive symptoms?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-240

  Bassols, Ana M ^a,b   Okabayashi, Lucas S ^a   da Silva, Anais B ^a   Carneiro, Bruna B ^a   Feijó, Fernando ^a   Guimarães, Guilherme C ^a   Cortes, Gabriela N ^a   Rohde, Luis A ^a,b   Eizirik, Claudio L ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905979744     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1183     Document Type: Article

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