ArticleThe International journal of social psychiatry2024
Substance use and its association with mental health among Swiss medical students: A cross-sectional study.
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- Systematic review of the use of prescription and non-prescription psychotropic drugs and their relation with mental health in university population.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Personality Trait Dimensions and Depressive Symptoms Among Medical Students: Sequential Mediation Through Psychological Capital and Perceived Stress.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Psychoactive Substance Use and Its Association with Mental Health Symptomatology Among Latvian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- University Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Substance Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association of chronic stress during studies with depressive symptoms 10 years later.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study of the current status of psychological health and its correlation with academic performance in medical students: taking medical students in a medical university in China as examples.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies on mental health and substance use among medical students indicated worrying prevalence but have been mainly descriptive.
aimTo evaluate the prevalence of substance use in a sample of medical students and investigate whether mental health variables have an influence on substance use.
methodsThe data were collected as part of the first wave of the ETMED-L, an ongoing longitudinal open cohort study surveying medical students at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).
resultsStatistical indices indicated a four-factor solution for mental health and a three-factor solution for substance use. A factor comprising risk level for alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use - which were the most prevalent substances - was significantly associated with a burnout factor and a factor related to financial situation and side job stress. There was a significant association between a factor comprising depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation and a factor related to the use of sedatives, nonmedical prescription drugs and neuroenhancement drugs. Although their use was less prevalent, a factor comprising the risk level of stimulants and cocaine use was significantly but more mildly related to the burnout factor. A factor comprising stress related to studies and work/life balance as well as emotional exhaustion was not related to substance use factors.
conclusionIn this sample of medical students, the prevalence of substance use was substantial and poorer mental health status was related with higher substance use risk levels.
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