Predictors of Depression Stigma in Medical Students: Potential Targets for Prevention and Education

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 703-714

  Wimsatt, Leslie A ^a,b   Schwenk, Thomas L ^c   Sen, Ananda ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b William Carey University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAREER; COMPETITION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MICHIGAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICHIGAN; PERCEPTION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945446558     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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