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Stress, Depression and Type D personality: Prevalence among undergraduate medical students - Couverture souple

Gupta, Soma; Sengupta, Suvendu; Banerjee, Arnab

 
9783843376730: Stress, Depression and Type D personality: Prevalence among undergraduate medical students
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3843376735 ISBN 13 : 9783843376730
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Young medical students have to confront significant amount of stress throughout their career which affects their physical as well as mental health. Rate of depression & suicides have been found to be higher in medical students than in other graduate students. How a student handle a stressful situation depends on his or her personality. Type D personality is based on the two stable personality traits of negative affect & social inhibition. Persons with Type D personality are at increased risk for developing depression and other psychiatric disorders. A total of 295 medical students (226 male & 69 female) are included in this study to determine prevalence of depression & type D personality among medical students of Midnapore Medical College, West Bengal to find out whether they have any significant association or not. Moreover, Perceived Stress Score Index (PSSI) among study population was carried out to compare it among students with and without depression.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Young medical students have to confront significant amount of stress throughout their career which affects their physical as well as mental health. Rate of depression & suicides have been found to be higher in medical students than in other graduate students. How a student handle a stressful situation depends on his or her personality. Type D personality is based on the two stable personality traits of negative affect & social inhibition. Persons with Type D personality are at increased risk for developing depression and other psychiatric disorders. A total of 295 medical students (226 male & 69 female) are included in this study to determine prevalence of depression & type D personality among medical students of Midnapore Medical College, West Bengal to find out whether they have any significant association or not. Moreover, Perceived Stress Score Index (PSSI) among study population was carried out to compare it among students with and without depression.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Soma Gupta, MBBS (1986), Diploma in Tropical Disease and Hygiene (1991) and MD Biochemistry (2000). Awarded Prof. Anjali Chatterjee Memorial award for woman medical researcher, Biochemistry. Working as Associate Professor of Biochemistry, NRS Medical College, Kolkata Associate. Editor of Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3843376735
ISBN 13 
9783843376730
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
72
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