Citation

Barrimi M, Maazouzi M, Malakt S, Lazaar S, Khaoulani H. Ann. Med. Psychol. (Paris) 2020; 178(5): 481-486.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Societe Medico-Psychologique, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.amp.2018.11.012

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Medical students are a high-risk population for having suicidal thoughts and behaviors. However, few studies have been fulfilled on this subject. In Morocco, no study has ever been published in this regard.

OBJECTIVES: Objectives of our study were to estimate the prevalence, to clarify the factors associated with the ideas and attempts of suicide among medical students in Morocco.

METHODS: This is a multicentric transversal, descriptive and analytical study of medical students in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle.

RESULTS: Among 600 students from the seven Faculty of medicine in Morocco; 5% had made at least one suicide attempt and 31% had suicidal thoughts. Suicidal ideations were significantly associated with psychoactive substance use (2.4 [1.4-3.9], P: 0.0003), poor mental health (P: 0.00000), and suicide attempts (P: 0.0000000). While, suicide attempts are significantly associated with poor mental health (P: 0.0000000) and suffering from a chronic illness (2 [0.94-4.2], P: 0.04).

CONCLUSION: Suicidal attempts and ideas seem to be a serious problem for medical students in Morocco. Prevention and support measures must be put in place to limit this phenomenon. © 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS

Language: en

Keywords

human; Risk factor; suicidal ideation; prevalence; Suicide attempt; Morocco; suicide attempt; disease severity; Suicidal risk; risk factor; major clinical study; disease association; medical student; Medical students; neuropathology; drug dependence; multicenter study; Medicine; Article; descriptive research