Suicidal ideation in medical students

Kosik, Russell Oliver; Nguyen, Tan Tien; Ko, Ingrid; Fan, Angela

doi:10.4172/neuropsychiatry.1000172

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“…So far, there has been no study that has explored the relationship between anhedonia, type D personality and suicidal ideations. Several programs have been developed for medical students with the aim to improve their well-being, to detect untreated and potentially suicidal students anonymously and to increase mental health services utilization [3, 31]. Taking into account the results of the present study it could potentially be helpful to incorporate the anhedonia subscale of the BDI-II and the type D personality scale in future suicide prevention programs.…”

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Suicidal ideations among medical students: The role of anhedonia and type D personality

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Background The relationships between hedonic deficits, type D personality and suicidal ideation were explored in a group of medical students. Methods In a cross-sectional study, 382 medical students filled out several questionnaires measuring suicide risk, depression (using the Beck Depression Inventory, i.e. BDI), type D personality (using the type D personality scale-14, i.e. DS-14) and anhedonia (using the anhedonia subscale of the BDI, the Snaith Hamilton Pleasure Scale, the Anticipatory and Consummatory subscales of the Physical Anhedonia Scale). Results State anhedonia and, in particular, recent change of state anhedonia and not trait anhedonia was significantly associated with suicidal ideation, specifically when depression was controlled for. Negative affectivity component of type D personality and anhedonia were independent predictors of suicidal ideation even when depression was controlled for. Loss of pleasure and not loss of interest was a significant predictor of suicidal ideation. Conclusions Change of state anhedonia and its component of loss of pleasure measuring dissatisfaction in life could be a risk factor of suicidal ideation in medical students. Dissatisfaction, particularly in the medical course, could be a strong predictor of suicidal ideation in medical students.

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“…Many factors contribute to the development of suicidal ideation in this population. Among these factors, high rates of burnout, depression and certain personality traits (neuroticism, low self-esteem…) have been described [3].…”

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“…One of the continuous major concerns of researchers is the development of burnout during the time in medical school (e.g., Dahlin and Runeson, 2007;Dyrbye and Shanafelt, 2016), which is associated with several consequences affecting health, such as alcohol abuse (Jackson et al, 2016) and suicidal ideation (Dyrbye et al, 2008;Kosik et al, 2017). According to Dyrbye et al (2014), 56% of medical students experienced symptoms of burnout and over 11% reported suicidal thoughts (Rotenstein et al, 2016).…”

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Development of Cynicism in Medical Students: Exploring the Role of Signature Character Strengths and Well-Being

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Reports of medical students experiencing burnout-related symptoms (e.g., cynicism) have increased in recent years. Little is known about the developmental process of this phenomenon and its relations with signature character strengths and well-being. The aim of this longitudinal analysis was to explore changes in the level of cynicism of medical students while in preclinical education. We further examined how the applicability of signature character strengths and well-being are related to this developmental process. Medical students (N = 99) participated in three online surveys over 3 years during medical school. Latent growth modeling, latent class growth modeling, general mixed modeling was conducted, and post hoc mixed ANOVA, Friedman test and Welch test analyses were examined. The results showed an increase in cynicism among medical students from first to last measurement. Two groups with distinct developmental trajectory patterns of cynicism were identified. Students with high levels of cynicism (high-level group) and students with changing levels of cynicism (increasing group) perceived higher applicability of signature character strengths in private life compared to the study context. Moreover, the high-level group experienced significantly lower psychological well-being (in particular mastery, optimism, and relationship) in their first year of medical education. This explorative study offers a comprehensive understanding of cynicism development in medical students during medical school and its relations to the applicability of signature character strengths and well-being. Prospective replication studies are needed to replicate the results obtained in this study.

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“…In our study, suicidal ideation among first year medical students found 31.3% which is considerably higher, but it gradually came down to 7.7% with 5th year students. Previous research has reported a prevalence of suicidal ideation in medical students ranges from 9-48% (Kosik et al 2017). Many factors have been reported to contribute in the suicidal ideation including specific behavioural and personal characteristics, coexisting mental health problems, susceptibility to heavy curricular burdens, decreased life satisfaction and all of them together may lead to burnout, anxiety and depression (Kosik et al 2017).…”

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“…Previous research has reported a prevalence of suicidal ideation in medical students ranges from 9-48% (Kosik et al 2017). Many factors have been reported to contribute in the suicidal ideation including specific behavioural and personal characteristics, coexisting mental health problems, susceptibility to heavy curricular burdens, decreased life satisfaction and all of them together may lead to burnout, anxiety and depression (Kosik et al 2017). Depression is particularly reported as a key risk factor responsible behind suicidal ideation, which was also higher in our study.…”

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Depression, sleeping pattern & suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

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2020

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Background: Depression is a major morbidity and the most common mental disorder among the medical students in medical schools globally. Undergraduate students suffer stress more due to their academic curriculum than the students of other faculties. In low resource settings like Bangladesh, there is a dearth in research on mental health of undergraduate medical students. This pilot study was conducted to add to the existing limited evidence by reporting the prevalence of depression, describing sleeping pattern & suicidal tendencies among medical students. Relevantly, we have investigated to the overall mental health status among the medical students in Bangladesh. Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted in two medical colleges of Dhaka in between July 2013 to December 2013, among 221 Bangladeshi medical students from first to fifth year. By convenient sampling technique, data were collected by a pretested, structured, self-administered questionnaire and analysis was done by SPSS 18.0 version. Depression were assessed by validated PHQ-9 tool among the respondents. Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used for assessing overall mental health status.Results: Depression was found in 38.9% of participants with 3.6%, 14.5%, 20.8% of being either severe, moderate and mild depression respectively. 17.6% medical students had suicidal tendency or attempted suicide at least for once after attending medical school. The sleeping hours were inadequate and altered after starting this stressful academic course. 33.5% medical students had poor mental health status. There was a statistically significant association between poor mental health status with age group of less than 22 years and initial academic study year (1st to 3rd of MBBS). Conclusion:The findings are suggestive of a higher prevalence of depression among early year medical students and marginal predominance in males. Suicidal tendency is also higher. These calls for further investigation with situation analysis, qualitative explorations and surveys to explore the burden of such disorders in Bangladesh.

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Suicidal ideation in medical students

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Suicidal ideations among medical students: The role of anhedonia and type D personality

Suicidal ideations among medical students: The role of anhedonia and type D personality

Development of Cynicism in Medical Students: Exploring the Role of Signature Character Strengths and Well-Being

Depression, sleeping pattern & suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

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Suicidal ideations among medical students: The role of anhedonia and type D personality

Suicidal ideations among medical students: The role of anhedonia and type D personality

Development of Cynicism in Medical Students: Exploring the Role of Signature Character Strengths and Well-Being

Depression, sleeping pattern &amp; suicidal ideation among medical students in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional pilot study

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