An analysis of mental health status of 853 students in military medical university

    SHANG Xueª²Yi, ZHAO Li, DING Rui, L¦a Feng, YI Wei, MA Yunª²Qing, LI Nan, SHI Yuanª²Yuan, DENG Yanª²Chun

    Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¬ðan 710033, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To evaluate the mental health status of military medical students and to find out the possible psychological problems. METHODS: Eight hundred and fiftyª²three students of a military medical university were given psychological test by the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCLª²90), Selfª²rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Selfª²rating Depression Scale (SDS). RESULTS: Fiftyª²nine students were found to have some possible psychological problems. Compared with SCLª²90 norm of youth group, the medical students tested had higher scores (P<0.01) in all factors except Interpersonal Sensitivity and Phobic Anxiety. High scores were found especially Obsessiveª²Compulsive Disorder, Depression, Anxiety and Psychoticism. There was a positive correlation between anxiety factors of SCLª²90 and the scores of SAS and between the depression factors of SCLª²90 and the scores of SDS, indicating that SAS and SDS could be used as fast useful screening tools to evaluate psychological problems. CONCLUSION: Military medical students on the whole have very good mental healthy status, but some students still need more psychological guidance and consultation in the factors of Obsessiveª²Compulsive Disorder, Depression, Anxiety and Psychoticism. ......