Open AccessCommon mental disorders among medical students in Jimma University, SouthWest Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Habtamu Kerebih,
Mohammed Ajaeb,
Hailemariam Hailesilassie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v17i3.27
Subject(s) - medicine , mental health , family medicine , medical education , psychiatry , traditional medicine
Medical students are at risk of common mental disorders due to difficulties of adjustment to the medical school environment, exposure to death and human suffering. However there is limited data on this aspect. Therefore, the current study assessed the magnitude of common mental disorders and contributing factors among medical students.