Depression and suicidal behavior in medical students: A systematic review

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 86-101

  Coentre, Ricardo Moutinho ^a   Figueira, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Depression; Medical students; Prevention; Suicidal attempts; Suicidal ideation and treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDLINE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PEER REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOGNITION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84929613334     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573400510666140807005141     Document Type: Article

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