DEPRESSION AND MENTAL HEALTH DISRUPTIONS IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Abstract

The experience of studying abroad primarily leaves students exposed to mental health challenges like depression, which exerts a detrimental effect on their academic performance & overall well-being. An important factor which contributes to this problem is the lack of familial assistance. The away from home feeling for students has further worsen these challenges, escalating stress, anxiety, and depression among medical students worldwide.This analysis compiles data from medical academies and faculties worldwide to evaluate the psychological impact of the various factors on medicos. Findings indicate that the how students and foreign have adverse affect on their mental health due to academic performances and due to ongoing demand and craze of medical education, leading to perceptible changes in emotions, behaviours, and mental well-being. Exaggerated levels of stress, depression, and anxiety have widely spread among medical students during their examinations and semesters and completion of their projects in given time periods.