Open AccessDepression and Stigma in Medical Students at a Private Medical College
Author(s) -
Jagdish R. Vankar,
Anusha Prabhakaran,
Himanshu Sharma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.135372
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , stigma (botany) , patient health questionnaire , psychology , clinical psychology , attribution , cross sectional study , psychiatry , affect (linguistics) , medicine , depressive symptoms , social psychology , anxiety , communication , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
This study aimed to assess prevalence rate of depression and perceptions regarding stigma associated with depression amongst medical students.