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Mental Disorders among Yugoslav Medical Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ljubomir Erić ,
Zoran Radovanović  and
Ivana Jevremović
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
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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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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 127 - 129
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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