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March 8, 2026Frontiers in PsychologyOpen Access

Mental health burden and service barriers among medical and health sciences students: prevalence and determinants from a cross-sectional analysis

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SHSally HassanNANajeeb M. AlqahtaniSASalihah M. Alshahrani

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A cross-sectional analysis reveals high mental health distress and service barriers among students, indicating urgent need for support.

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate the prevalence and determinants of depression, anxiety, and stress in medical students and identify service barriers.
  • Cross-sectional study design
  • 384 students surveyed using an online questionnaire
  • DASS-21 used to assess psychological distress
  • BMHSS-R used to measure service barriers
  • Data analyzed for demographic and academic associations
  • High prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress found among students
  • Significant gender differences with females reporting higher distress
  • Academic factors like major and GPA linked to service barriers
  • Urban students reported higher anxiety compared to those in rural areas
  • Identified stigma and cost as major barriers to accessing mental health services

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Hassan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ada836bc08abd80d5bb4e0https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1765447
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