Anxious, depressed: Should medical schools screen their students?

Anxious, depressed: Should medical schools screen their students?

Our informal survey prompted us to suggest a more radical approach; whereby, at peak levels of stress, students are screened with validated anxiety and depression scores. This would work two-fold: firstly by encouraging the student to reflect on their own, perhaps ignored symptomatology; but secondl...

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Main Authors: DEEBAN RATNESWARAN, MUHAMMED KERMALI, TECK KHONG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism
Online Access:https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_47348_0a45173b70e85ade54d443bed9ba13d9.pdf
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spelling doaj-cb8646f0751e45bb9343861406140c032021-07-03T05:13:55ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism2322-22202322-35612021-07-019318518610.30476/jamp.2020.86182.122447348Anxious, depressed: Should medical schools screen their students?DEEBAN RATNESWARAN0MUHAMMED KERMALI1TECK KHONG21Lane Fox Unit, Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ , HS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, King’s College London, London, United KingdomInstitute of Medical & Biomedical Education, St George’s,University of London, London, United KingdomInstitute of Medical & Biomedical Education, St George’s, University of London, London, United KingdomOur informal survey prompted us to suggest a more radical approach; whereby, at peak levels of stress, students are screened with validated anxiety and depression scores. This would work two-fold: firstly by encouraging the student to reflect on their own, perhaps ignored symptomatology; but secondly, by providing universities with information, and trends, to identify and approach students who might be at risk. Utmost sensitivity and confidentiality are paramount in making this successful, but we are unaware of any previous implementation of this technique. We urge its consideration when renewing school health policy.https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_47348_0a45173b70e85ade54d443bed9ba13d9.pdf
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description Our informal survey prompted us to suggest a more radical approach; whereby, at peak levels of stress, students are screened with validated anxiety and depression scores. This would work two-fold: firstly by encouraging the student to reflect on their own, perhaps ignored symptomatology; but secondly, by providing universities with information, and trends, to identify and approach students who might be at risk. Utmost sensitivity and confidentiality are paramount in making this successful, but we are unaware of any previous implementation of this technique. We urge its consideration when renewing school health policy.
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