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World J Psychiatr. Jul 15, 2019; 9(4): 65-77
Published online Jul 15, 2019. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v9.i4.65
Published online Jul 15, 2019. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v9.i4.65
Medical student depression and its correlates across three international medical schools
Jessica A Gold, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, United States
Xinran Hu, Robert M Rohrbaugh, Kirsten M Wilkins, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
Gan Huang, Wan-Zhen Li, Yi-Fan Wu, Shan Gao, Zhe-Ning Liu, Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha 410013, Hunan Province, China
Mickey Trockel, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
Author contributions: Gold JA, Rohrbaugh RM, and Wilkins KM contributed to study conception and design; Gold JA, Huang G, Li WZ, Wu YF, Gao S, and Li ZN contributed to data acquisition and interpretation; Trockel M and Hu X contributed to data analysis and interpretation; Gold JA, Hu X, Huang G, Trockel M, Li WZ, Wu YF, Gao S, Liu ZN, Rohrbaugh RM, and Wilkins KM contributed to editing, reviewing and final approval of the article.
Institutional review board statement: The Yale and Middle Eastern School’s Institutional Review Boards deemed this study exempt. The Ethics Committee of Xiangya approved the study.
Informed consent statement: All involved persons gave their informed consent prior to study inclusion.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no conflicts of interest related to this work.
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Corresponding author: Kirsten M Wilkins, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, 300 George Street Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, United States. kirsten.wilkins@yale.edu
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Received: January 19, 2019
Peer-review started: January 22, 2019
First decision: March 15, 2019
Revised: April 26, 2019
Accepted: May 23, 2019
Article in press: May 23, 2019
Published online: July 15, 2019
Peer-review started: January 22, 2019
First decision: March 15, 2019
Revised: April 26, 2019
Accepted: May 23, 2019
Article in press: May 23, 2019
Published online: July 15, 2019
Core Tip
Core tip: Depression among medical students places them at increased risk for suicide, and impacts many aspects of professional performance. Medical students around the world share common stressors, including competitive selection processes, intense coursework, and pressure for high achievement. However, differences in depression rates are influenced, in part, by burnout, exercise, stress, unmet mental health needs, and region.