More than one-fourth of medical students say they suffer from depression, and more than 10% have considered suicide, according to a new study.
Many medical students find themselves burdened by the workload and lack of sleep, exercise and proper food, and once residency starts, the stress typically continues. An analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2016;316:2214-2236) found that depression, or depressive symptoms, affect nearly 27% of students