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Keywords
Depression
Medicine students
Mood disorders
Substance use
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Abstract
Objective: Describe the amount of medicine students, ingresses in a medicina course from the northern region of Santa Catarina - Brazil, with anxiety or depressive disorders. As well as their individual methods for confronting said disorders. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, conducted with 232 students enrolled in the first through the eight semester. These students filled a survey containing the HAD, a self administered survey used in the triage of depression and anxiety. They also answered questions regarding the use of medication, recreational drugs, physical activity and psychological/psychiatric accompaniment. Results: The sample showed that 76 (32,75%) and 23 (9,9%) of the academics are classified as probably having anxiety and depression, respectively. Concomitantly, it presented 87 (37,5%) and 53 (22,8%) of the student body in the range classified as possibly anxious and depressive. Conclusión: The anxiety and depression levels were elevated amongst the academics analyzed, when compared to the general population, in addition to the use of medication and drugs. The study also suggests an increase in the prevalence of these disorders with the advance of the course.