Effective coping strategies utilised by medical students for mental health disorders during undergraduate medical education-a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coping denotes cognitive, emotional and behavioural struggles to tackle a troubled person-environment association. Therefore, coping strategies (CSs) are vital for mental well-being. Widespread research studies have explored this domain, targeting caregivers, nurses, physicians and medical teachers, but limited research has been done to explore the common CSs utilised by medical students at the undergraduate medical education level. Therefore, we aimed to identify the frequently occurring CSs and their effects on mental health disorders (MHDs) through the evidence available in the existing literature.

Methods

For this scoping review, we searched the available literature (articles published from January 1, 1986, to March 31, 2021) on CSs at Google Scholar, PubMed a

SUBMITTER: Sattar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863569 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature