SCREENING FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AMONG FIRST- YEAR STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF MEDICINEALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 -2024

Abou El-Wafa, Heba; Sheshtawy, Hesham Adel; Gamal, Nahla; Younis, Hagar Elsayed Ibrahim

doi:10.21608/alexpo.2024.305101.1893

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	SCREENING FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AMONG FIRST- YEAR STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF MEDICINEALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 -2024
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2024, Page 28-29
Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research
DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2024.305101.1893
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Authors
Heba Abou El-Wafa¹; Hesham Adel Sheshtawy²; Nahla Gamal³; Hagar Elsayed Ibrahim Younis ²
¹Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
²Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.
³Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria.
Abstract
Medical education is one of the most competitive fields that create intense stress among students, which harms the learning process, mental and physical health of students. Medical school environment has been recognized as a stressful one with negative effects on the academic performance, physical, and psychological well beings of the students. Several studies reported higher prevalence of psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression among medical students than in general population and age matched peers. There has been an increase in the number of suicides and dropouts among medical students. Early detection of such problems shortens the duration of the episode and lessens the social impairment in the long term. It is important to identify the prevalence, and risk factors of different mental disorders among medical students, which not only affect their health but also their academic achievements at different points of time in their study period. AIM: General goal: Allow Screening of mental health disorders among sample of first year students of Alexandria faculty of medicine. Specific objectives: The specific objectives of this study will be to: 1.Estimate prevalence of mental health disorders among sample of first year students of Alexandria faculty of medicine. 2. Referral of students who diagnosed with mental health disorders to Alexandria university student’s psychiatric clinic to receive appropriate management.
Keywords
MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS; Medical students; FACULTY OF MEDICINEALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY


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