بررسي وضعيت سلامت رواني و عوامل مرتبط با آن در دانشجويان پزشكي دانشگاه علوم پزشكي ايران

Mental health in medical students of the Iran University of Medical Sciences(IUMS)

Objective(s): To assess mental health in medical students. Materials & Methods: 460 medical students in different educational grades from the 1UMS have selected by random sampling. All subjects completed The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). Results: 206(44.8%0) male and 254(55.2%) female with mean age of 19(2.5) years were mentally disordered. The prevalence were as high as 42.6%. The results showed that marital status, sex and financial problems have significant relation with student s mental health (P-0.029). Conclusion: This study showed that mental disorders in medical students are prevalent and should not be neglected.