Citation

Ventura CV, Morales JRR, Duvignau-Dondé E. Neurol. Neurocir. Psiquiatr. 2008; 41(4): 104-109.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Sociedad Mexicana De Neurologia Y Psychiatria)

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Abstract

Introduction. The mental hygiene in the medical field is maintained when individuals can play in a manner suited their personal and professional capacities under appropriate conditions of psychic and social welfare. This stimulates like no other the transmission and perpetuation of attitudes, which then will have an impact on the community. Because of the association of depressive symptoms with consequences such as desertion from the faculty of medicine, suicidal ideation and suicide, low academic performance, impact on the capabilities of patient care, (among others, believes that early identification of individuals at risk is of great importance for public health and preventive psychiatry. Material and methods: We conducted a descriptive survey study in 229 type of postgraduate students studying medicine at the Military School of Graduate Health to assess the study variables: anxiety, depression and stress.

RESULTS. In the present study we conclude that in the values mentioned regarding depression, the prevalence of depression in graduate students belonging to the Military School of Graduate Health is higher than reported in the literature (p < 0.05). Discusion. With regard to the anxiety and stress, our hypothesis is ruled to have values similar to those reported in the literature so that the prevalence of anxiety and stress of graduate students of the Military School of Graduate Health is similar to as reported in the literature.

CONCLUSIONS. It is important to note this as a health issue, which would negatively affect the performance, and it is shown that by intervening in it in a timely manner would reduce the thoughts of concern and would prevent the deterioration of performance in people with this problem. Diagnosis and treatment of the disease, central goals of medicine, has been gradually giving way to an interest in reducing the costs of their direct care, the number of lives and years of life lost, as well as for the human suffering patient as his family. In this regard, the new focus on the health of modern medicine, preferably pointing towards preventive objectives, with full participation and responsibility of the population.

Language: es

Keywords

adult; human; mental health; Stress; Anxiety; Depression; female; male; depression; prevalence; sex difference; anxiety; stress; article; major clinical study; mental disease; anxiety disorder; Hamilton scale; postgraduate education; graduate student; Mental hygiene; Preventive