The current situation and problem of mental health and social support on clinical and English undergraduates of Chongqing medical university / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the status and existing problems of psychological health and social support of medical students ,analyze its influencing factors and provide basis for targeted education and management measures .Methods The social support scale(SSRS) ,symptom self-assessment scale (SCL-90) ,the quality of life questionnaire (SF -36)were used as question-naire survey for 120 college students .Results Positive rate of psychological problems in 91 undergraduates was 24 .18% ,obsessive compulsive disorder appeared the most ,phobia appeared the least .Positive rate of psychological problems in 29 English major un-dergraduates was 41 .38% ,the most frequent symptom was forcing symptoms ,followed by human and depressive symptoms .The interpersonal score of English major undergraduates was higher than that of clinical undergraduates ,with a statistically significant difference (P=0 .039) .Mental health between medical and English major students had a statistical difference (P=0 .010) .Objec-tive support scores between medical and English major students had a statistical significance (P=0 .014) .The highest score was the subjective support ,and the lowest scores was the use of social support .Conclusion The mental health of most of the medical un-dergraduates is not optimistic and there exist different psychological problems .At the same time ,the lower level of social support comes along with the higher level of health problems and vice versa .Therefore ,we suggest that society ,schools ,families and relat-ed management departments should further carry out mental health intervention for medical students .