Citation

Galván-Molina JF, Jiménez-Capdeville ME, Hernández-Mata JM, Arellano-Cano JR. Gac. Med. Mex. 2017; 153(1): 75-87.

Vernacular Title

Sistema de tamizaje de psicopatología en estudiantes de Medicina.

Affiliation

División de Medicina Interna, Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Academia Nacional De Medicina de Mexico)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

28128809

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Screening of psychopathology and associated factors in medical students employing an electronic self-report survey.

METHOD: A transversal, observational, and comparative study that consisted of the following instruments: Sociodemographic survey; 2. Adult Self-Report Scale-V1 (ASRS); State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); Zung and Conde Self-Rating Depression Scale, Almonte-Herskovic Sexual Orientation Self-Report; Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Identification (AUDIT); Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; 9. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI); Eating Disorder Inventory 2 (EDI).

RESULTS: We gathered 323 student surveys from medical students of the first, third and sixth grades. The three more prevalent disorders were depression (24%), attention deficit disorders with hyperactivity (28%) and anxiety (13%); the prevalence of high-level burnout syndrome was 13%. Also, the fifth part of the students had detrimental use of tobacco and alcohol.

CONCLUSION: Sixty percent of medical students had either one or more probable disorder or burnout. An adequate screening and treatment of this population could prevent severe mental disorders and the associated factors could help us to create a risk profile. This model is an efficient research tool for screening and secondary prevention.

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