Stress, anxiety, and depression among medical students in a multiethnic setting

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 1713-1722

  Kulsoom, Bibi ^a   Afsar, Nasir Ali ^b  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; DASS; Depression; Examination; Medical education; Smoking; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DASS 21; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NORTH AMERICAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIAN;

EID: 84937597596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S83577     Document Type: Article

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