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Stressors and psychological symptoms in students of medicine and allied health professions in Nigeria

O. Omigbodun,Akin-tunde A. Odukogbe,3 Authors,Oladopo Olayemi

2006 · DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0037-3
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · 104 Citations

TLDR

Investigating stressors and psychological morbidity in students of medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy and nursing at the University of Ibadan found that medical and dental students were more likely to cite as stressors, overcrowding, strikes, excessive school work and lack of holidays while physiotherapeutic and nursing students focused on noisy environments, security and transportation.