Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Suicide among Medical Student: A Brief Overview

Abstract

Medical college is recognized as a stressful environment that often exerts a negative effect on the academic performance, physical health and psychological well-being of the student. The purpose of the study has to explore about the depression, anxiety, stress and suicide among medical student. Literature has been searched the both electronic databases including PubMed, Google Scholar and manual searches for this. Students have been found to have depressed symptoms at higher rates than the general population, even medical students. On its own, anxiety is normal and natural both before and during an exam. What counts is the level of extreme anxiety or excitement that has the potential to impair performance. Stress in the classroom has a detrimental effect on learning and cognitive function and can cause mental distress. Among younger medical students, suicidal conduct is one of the ignored problems, while being a major public health crisis.