High Levels Of Stress Causing Anxiety Amongst Medical Students

ABSTRACT

The medical students undergo tremendous stress and mental pressure during their academic life and clinicalstudies. The high level of anxiety and depression among medical students is very common occurrence combinedwith the academic pressure that has a severe impact on their mental and physical health. The current study aimsto explore various articles presented by scholars in the field of analysing the impact of stress causing anxietyand depression in medical students and evaluating its impact on prevalence of depression among medicalstudents. This study critically analyses and reviews articles published in this decade for analysing the role ofdepression and anxiety and experiences of medical students and the reaction to stress. The central idea of thestudy understands different perspectives presented by scholars in the field of stress and anxiety and its prevalence among the medical students highlighting the causes and key issues. This is vital for understanding thecritical factors affecting the mental health and physical well-being of the medical students in order to derivesuggestions for early identification and providing for support by the medical schools. The study had usedelectronic databases for rummaging and reviewing literature articles published on stress and other psychological determinants among medical students and management of stress. In the current study, data were extractedthrough reviewing various related research articles focusing more on the prevalence and suggest possible stressmanagement strategies in medical students. The current study focuses on findings and views of different scholars with stress as an epicentre of discussion and other factors such as environmental factors, social andeconomic factors and so on that directly or indirectly impacts on the medical student’s mental health. Thepurpose of the study to analyse the research articles to acknowledge the quantum of research done in the fieldof understanding the causes and impact of stress and depression among medical students and mark the areaswhere further research can be conducted