Service & Wellness

Service

Students interested in psychiatry should be informed about public resources available to patients with mental illness, the quality of care provided to psychiatric patients within the community and the range of services offered in an increasingly diverse mental health care system. Read more about these issues and about volunteer opportunities to impact community mental health.

Links

• American Association of Community Psychiatrists
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• American Psychiatric Foundation Helping Hands Program
• AAMC Caring for Community
• Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student-Initiated Projects
• SNMA Community Service Protocols

 

Wellness

Medical school is a time of intense learning and exciting new opportunities. Students are often faced with emotionally challenging situations, both in our work environment as well as in our personal lives as young adults. Research shows that medical students are at increased risk for depression, but that they tend not to seek care. PsychSIGN is dedicated to decreasing stigma surrounding student mental health and promoting access to care.

Links

• PsychSIGN's Depression Screening : NEW
• AMSA Medical Student Well-Being Page
• Columbia University Medical Center—Center for Student Wellness
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center: College of Medicine:  AIMS (Aiding impaired medical students)
  

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Articles

• Frank E. Smith D. Fitzmaurice D. "A description and qualitative assessment of a 4-year intervention to improve patient counseling by improving medical student health." Medscape General Medicine. 7(2):4, 2005.
• Frank E. Hedgecock J. Elon LK. "Personal health promotion at US medical schools: a quantitative study and qualitative description of deans' and students' perceptions." BMC Medical Education. 4(1):29, 2004 Dec 6.
• Lee J. Graham AV. "Students' perception of medical school stress and their evaluation of a wellness elective." Medical Education. 35(7):652-9, 2001 Jul.
• "Alcohol and medical students." Medical Education. 35(7):622-3, 2001 Jul.
• Hull SK. DiLalla LF. Dorsey JK. "Student attitudes toward wellness, empathy, and spirituality in the curriculum." Academic Medicine. 76(5):520, 2001 May.
• Cox CC. Cambre KM. Wolf TM. Webster MG. Hooper J. "Trends in the number and administrative characteristics of medical school health promotion programmes." Medical Education. 35(2):173-4, 2001 Feb.
• Cohen M. "Physician heal thyself: lifestyle education for medical students." Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 7(2):110-2, 1999 Jun.
• Kamien M. Power R. "Lifestyle and health habits of fourth year medical students at the University of Western Australia." Australian Family Physician. Suppl 1:S26-9, 1996 Jan.
• Wolf TM. Scurria PL. "A survey of health promotion programs in U.S. and Canadian medical schools." American Journal of Health Promotion. 10(2):89-91, 1995 Nov-Dec.