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Mental Disorders among Yugoslav Medical Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ljubomir Erić
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry KBC ‘Dedinje’ Belgrade
Zoran Radovanović*
Affiliation:
Institute of Epidemiology
Ivana Jevremović
Affiliation:
Institute of Epidemiology; Belgrade
*
Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Višegradska 26, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Abstract

The mental health of 523 medical students was examined one month after enrolment and two years later. The point prevalence rates of all mental disorders were 16.1% and 17.5% respectively. The incidence rate was 5.3% per year, with neuroses being the most frequent diagnoses (3.5%).

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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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