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Year : 2020 | Volume
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Adopted group therapy approach for coping with sadness among medical students
M Kishor1, Preethi Prabhu2, Smriti Bhargava2, Rohan Jayaram2, Ramaswamy Sundararajan2
1 Department of Psychiatry, JSSMC, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India 2 JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. M Kishor Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, Karnataka India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijhas.IJHAS_71_19
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Medical students are upcoming doctors, and their wellbeing is important for society. Mental health issues particularly depression is a matter of concern among the doctors in general as it usually not talked about. Medical education is considered stressful, and depressive symptoms are commonly reported among medical students across the world. There is need to address mental health issues at the earliest in medical colleges for students' well-being; more student-driven approaches should be incorporated. Group interventions are well recognized intervention strategies. An adopted single session of group approach is presented here. |
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