Adopted group therapy approach for coping with sadness among medical students

Adopted group therapy approach for coping with sadness among medical students: M Kishor, Preethi Prabhu, Smriti Bhargava, Rohan Jayaram, Ramaswamy Sundararajan



International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences 2020 9(1):84-85



Medical students are upcoming doctors, and their wellbeing is important for society. Mental health issues particularly depression is a matter of concern among the doctors in general as it usually not talked about. Medical education is considered stressful, and depressive symptoms are commonly reported among medical students across the world. There is need to address mental health issues at the earliest in medical colleges for students' well-being; more student-driven approaches should be incorporated. Group interventions are well recognized intervention strategies. An adopted single session of group approach is presented here.