Assessment of mental health literacy of depression and suicide among undergraduate medical students : a cross-sectional study
Other Title(s)
تقييم المعرفة بالصحة العقلية بالنسبة للاكتئاب و الانتحار بين طلبة الطب : دراسة مستعرضة
Joint Authors
al-Shishtawi, Iman
Golchinheydari, Sirous
Simon, Miriyam
al-Kharusi, Jawahir
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 31, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2020), pp.159-168, 10 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2020-11-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background: Poor literacy of depression and suicide can be considered a key barrier for help seeking in mental health issues.
Objective: The current study aimed to assess the differences in depression and suicide literacy among medical students in the pre-medical level (2nd and 3 rd year) and clinical level (6th and 7th year); and, to determine which factors predict higher levels of literacy.
Methods: A cross-sectional study recruited 359 students who were in the pre-medical and clinical years.
Measures included a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Depression Literacy Questionnaire (D-Lit), and the modified Suicide Literacy Scale (LOSS).
Results: Clinical years’ students appear to have higher depression and suicide literacy (z=8.343, p=.001; z=4.563, p=.001), respectively.
High depression literacy predicted higher suicide literacy (beta=.356, p=0.001) while previous exposure to psychiatric patients predicted higher depression and suicide literacy (beta=.172, p=.022; beta=.175, p=.032, respectively).
Conclusion: There remains an urgent need to design and implement specific educational programs to improve awareness about depression, suicide and mental health in general starting at the highschool level of education.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shishtawi, Iman& Simon, Miriyam& Golchinheydari, Sirous& al-Kharusi, Jawahir. 2020. Assessment of mental health literacy of depression and suicide among undergraduate medical students : a cross-sectional study. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 31, no. 2, pp.159-168.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shishtawi, Iman…[et al.]. Assessment of mental health literacy of depression and suicide among undergraduate medical students : a cross-sectional study. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 31, no. 2 (Nov. 2020), pp.159-168.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shishtawi, Iman& Simon, Miriyam& Golchinheydari, Sirous& al-Kharusi, Jawahir. Assessment of mental health literacy of depression and suicide among undergraduate medical students : a cross-sectional study. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2020. Vol. 31, no. 2, pp.159-168.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1268298
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 167
Record ID
BIM-1268298