Medical student depression, anxiety and distress outside north america: A systematic review

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 963-979

  Hope, Valerie ^a   Henderson, Max ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908272167     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12512     Document Type: Article

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