Do Medical Students Pyschologically Distress?

Medical Education is the most stressful course compare to other courses. Many studies have shown that medical students are at high risk of developing psychological distress. Prevalence of psychological distress among medical students are ranged from 30% to 50%. About 15 % to 25% of them developed depression symptoms and around 5% of them need treatment. The prevalence of distress in medical students is higher than normal population. Distress can cause a lof of negative impacts to medical students. Studies have revealed that medical students in distress are academically underachievement, socially incompetent and a few of them commit suicide. Therefore, medical students distress is not a merely simple issue that can be ingored and neglected without proper attention, medical institutions need to address this issue appropriately and perhaps interventions can be planned to help in preventing and reducing adverse effects of psychological distress to medical students.