75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, or both? (2017)

Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by Thriptic on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:40AM (#18831836)

Very high workload with long hours, high performance demands depending on the stage of training you are in, oscillating shift based schedule, minimal time off to decompress, cultural pressure and competition.

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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by lprubin on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:13AM (#18831998)

This has to be a big component of it. Working 16 to 28 hour consecutive shifts, often over night, where a mistake can potentially be fatal, with very irregular sleep hours. That has to be a recipe for disaster. After I learned that was what residents’ schedules were like I was terrified of going to the hospital.

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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by actualdc1 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:00AM (#18831937)

100% correct. The sleep issues alone are enough to make most people fit the diagnostic criteria for depression.

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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by anoncoward111 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @09:43AM (#18831856)

Compare this with countries who have very little licensure/regulation of the profession and I'm sure those doctors and students are much less stressed.

And I'm sure a number of them can also be dismissed as "bad doctors", but not all.

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