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These preliminary data support the view that, upon entering medical school, students' emotional status resembles that of the general population. However, the rise in depression scores and their persistence over time suggest that emotional distress during medical school is chronic and persistent rather than episodic. Also, the women had more significant increases in depression scores than did the men.
Rosal et al. (Sun,) studied this question.