Postgraduate program in neuropsychiatry and behavioral sciences, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2019 Feb 7;14(2):e0211926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211926. eCollection 2019.
The prevalence of common mental disorders among medical students is globally high. However, medical students tend to seek less professional help to treat their mental health issues. Hence, ways have been devised to reduce emotional stress in this population.
The current study uses positive psychology techniques to increase subjective well-being (SWB) in order to reduce symptons of common mental disorders (CMD) in medical students (MS).
The study comprised two groups: intervention group (n = 37) and control group (n = 32). Throughout seven weeks, the intervention group had meetings focused on emotions, mental health of medical students, gratitude, appreciation, optimism, resilience, qualities and virtues. The control group attended conventional medical psychology classes (psychosomatic aspects in clinical illness, for example).
The intervention group presented average increase by 2.85 points in the positive emotions scale; average increase by 2.53 points in the satisfaction-with-life scale; and average decrease by 1.79 points in the SRQ-20 scale, when it was compared to the control group. The intervention effect size was moderate.
Use of techniques to increase SWB may reduce CMD in MS, even if these techniques do not diminish negative emotions.
全球范围内，医学生常见精神障碍的患病率很高。然而，医学生往往寻求较少的专业帮助来治疗他们的心理健康问题。因此，人们已经设计出各种方法来减轻这一人群的情绪压力。
本研究使用积极心理学技术来提高主观幸福感（SWB），以降低医学生（MS）常见精神障碍（CMD）的症状。
该研究包括两个组：干预组（n = 37）和对照组（n = 32）。在七周的时间里，干预组举行了关于情绪、医学生心理健康、感恩、欣赏、乐观、韧性、品质和美德的会议。对照组则参加了传统的医学心理学课程（例如，临床疾病中的身心方面）。
与对照组相比，干预组在积极情绪量表上的平均得分增加了 2.85 分；在生活满意度量表上的平均得分增加了 2.53 分；在 SRQ-20 量表上的平均得分降低了 1.79 分。干预效果中等。
即使这些技术不能减轻负面情绪，使用提高 SWB 的技术也可能会降低医学生的 CMD。
