The document discusses a study on the prevalence of common mental disorders in health care students at Universidade de Pernambuco in Brazil. The study found that 27.5% of students presented with some common mental disorder, with higher rates among female students and those in their final years of study. Certain aspects of the teaching-learning process, like excessive demands and lack of support, were associated with higher risks of mental disorders in students. The authors conclude that universities should implement measures to promote student mental health and reduce pressure from academic demands.
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Common mental disorders among health care
students
Transtornos mentais comuns em estudantes da 叩rea
de sa炭de
Vera L炭cia Dutra Facundes,1 Ana Bernarda Ludermir2
Article based on the Masters thesis Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in health care students at Universidade de Pernambuco
(UPE) and its association with some of the characteristics of the teaching-learning process by Vera L炭cia Dutra Facundes, defended
before the Masters in Collective Health Committee at UFPE on 15 May, 2002.
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Department of Occupational Therapy, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife (PE), Brazil
Department of Social Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife (PE), Brazil
Financing: Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Inicia巽達o Cient鱈fica
(PIBIC), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient鱈fico e
Tecnol坦gico (CNPq), process 40040
Conflicts of interests: None
Submitted: 14 April 2004
Accepted: 2 August 2004
Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2005;27(3):194-200
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