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- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hsuan-hsiu Annie Chen
- Source
- Pediatrics. Sep2019, Vol. 144 Issue 3, p1-3. 3p.
- Subject
- *MENTAL depression
*PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
*BEHAVIOR modification
*PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
*EXPERIENCE
*HEALTH behavior
*HOSPITAL care
*HOSPITAL medical staff
*INTERNSHIP programs
*INTERPERSONAL relations
*MEDICAL appointments
*PATIENT-professional relations
*PSYCHOLOGY of medical students
*ORGANIZATIONAL change
*PSYCHIATRIC hospitals
*PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
*SATISFACTION
*SELF-perception
*SOCIAL stigma
*COMPASSION
*SOCIAL support
- Language
- ISSN
- 0031-4005
A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience as a medical student with major depressive disorder, with topics mentioned such as the challenges of medical school, nervous breakdown she experienced two months into her second year, and a suicide committed by her classmate at the end of their third year of medical school.