Psychological health of graduating medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide survey.

This finding is consistent with Purthran et al .’s meta-analysis, where only 13% of depressed medical students sought medical treatment.[ 15 ] This is a worrying trend, as it shows that medical students with depressive symptoms may have unhealthy help-seeking behaviour that stems from a preference for non-disclosure of their mental health conditions.[ 13 ] A group in the UK created a digital psychological support learning package for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 19 ] Such interventions would improve access to psychological support, and normalise and encourage help-seeking behaviour with the assurance of anonymity and confidentiality.

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