Prevalence of depression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation among medical students a systematic review and meta-analysis

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2214-2236

  Rotenstein, Lisa S ^a,b   Ramos, Marco A ^c   Torre, Matthew ^a   Bradley Segal, J ^a   Peluso, Michael J ^a   Guille, Constance ^d   Sen, Srijan ^e,f   Mata, Douglas A ^a,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g Brigham Education Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 85006172759     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.17324     Document Type: Review

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