Breaking the Silence: A Mental Health Initiative to Reduce Stigma Among Medical Students.

Louisa Dru BrennerHelen WeiMeera SakthivelBrianna FarleyKate BlytheJames N WoodruffWei Wei Lee

Published in: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (2022)

Faculty and peers sharing mental health stories may help reduce stigma and increase help-seeking in medical students. Future work should explore the longitudinal impact of programming and disseminating similar initiatives at other institutions.

Keyphrases

mental health
medical students
mental illness
quality improvement
current status
social media
health information
hiv aids
hepatitis c virus
depressive symptoms
social support