Provision of mental health support for medical students

Abstract

Studying medicine at university requires hard work and motivation. The medical school curriculum is vast, and as well as being academically rigorous, also holds emotional challenges. This can predispose students to mental health issues, which include depression and suicidal thinking. Since these are significant issues, we feel it is important to highlight the reasons behind them, and the options available to students to deal with them.

Keywords:

• mental
• health
• medical
• student
• support
• well-being

This article is referred to by:

Tackling mental health barriers at medical school – insights from fellow medical students

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.