Prevalence of depressive symptoms among medical students: overview of systematic reviews

2018129 citationsReview

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Wilson Tam · National University of Singapore

João Pedro Gonçalves Pacheco · Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória

Abstract

Depression affected around a quarter of medical students in general and 40.9% of students in Africa. It is suggested that medical schools and health authorities should introduce preventive measures to curb the high prevalence of depressive symptoms.

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Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout Mental Health Treatment and Access Medical Education and Admissions

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Published in: Medical Education

Volume 53, Issue 4, pp. 345-354

DOI: 10.1111/medu.13770

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 22.62

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