Mental health profile, in relation to depression, of the students of the 3rd semester of the medical career in UAEH during the period July-December 2017

Abstract

The objective was to describe the true emotional state with respect to depression of the medical students who were studying the third semester to be able to observe the impact that the changes generated when studying this career. Method. This article was carried out through 250 structured surveys of medical students who were in the third semester. Results The majority of the students surveyed do not present a problem, however, attention must be paid since at least 10% of the respondents could present a mild to moderate depressive episode, which is imperative to recognize individually in order to avoid early attempt of greater negative impact on the health of any student, a possibility that is latent and that nobody really notices it. Conclusion. This study helps to appreciate that being a doctor goes beyond procuring the health of other people and ignoring that of the students themselves, in addition to the fact that depression is often not taken into account, it is thought that it will never be suffered from it, creating an erroneous idea and thanks to this article the opposite is demonstrated.