Medical Student Psychological Distress and Mental Illness Relative to the General Population: A Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey

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Questions regarding psychological distress (question 46) were adapted from the CCHS-MH and are originally sourced from the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.[38] No special permissions were required for use of this instrument. Questions regarding positive mental health (question 45) were adapted from the CCHS-MH and are originally sourced from the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (Keyes, C. L. M. (2002). The mental health continuum: From languishing to flourishing in life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43, 207-222). No special permissions were required for use of this instrument. NOTE: The full survey questionnaire included questions regarding burnout that were adapted from the Maslach Burnout Inventory (questions 28-31) and used with express consent and under the appropriate licensing agreement with the copyright holders of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach, C., Jackson S.E., & Leiter, M. P. Maslach Burnout Inventory Manual. 3rd ed. 1996). These questions cannot be reproduced under the conditions of this instrument's licensing agreement and have, therefore, been removed from this questionnaire. For copies of the full questionnaire, please contact the authors. NOTE: The full survey questionnaire included questions regarding resilience that were adapted from the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (question 32) and used with express consent and under the appropriate licensing agreement with the copyright holders of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Davidson JRT, Connor KM. Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale Manual. Unpublished 2014. Personal communication from the authors; Connor, K, & Davidson, J. Depression and Anxiety 2003 18:76-82). These questions cannot be reproduced under the conditions of this instrument's licensing agreement and have, therefore, been removed from this questionnaire. For copies of the full questionnaire, please contact the authors. Consent Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) & Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ) Health and Wellbeing SurveyDear Colleague, As a physician-in-training, you know that your own health is subject to factors and forces similar to those that impact your patients, and that you are not immune to stressors on your mental and physical health. Therefore, the Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and the Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ) are collecting new information on the health and behaviours of medical students studying undergraduate medicine at institutions across Canada, so that we can develop and advocate for programs to improve our health. The total approximate time for completion of this survey is 15 minutes.We ask that any student that has been significantly involved in the creation or piloting of this survey (i.e. CFMS and FMEQ Executive members) please do not complete this survey. As well, if you are currently on leave from your medical studies, and have been so for greater than four consecutive weeks, please do not complete this survey. By participating, you are verifying that you do not meet any ...

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