Attitudes of medical students toward psychiatry in Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatry is facing one of the highest levels of shortages among medical specialties. Stigma toward psychiatry plays an influential role in medical students' decision to choose psychiatry as a career and has been reported to be prevalent in different parts of the world, particularly in low/middle-income countries.

Objective

To systematically review the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry, to assess whether their attitudes are stigmatized or not, and the factors affecting their attitudes.

Method

PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and PsychInfo (PsycARTICLES) were searched using a combination of main terms "stigma," "psychiatry," "medical students," and the name of Eastern Mediterranean countries. Cross-sectional stu

SUBMITTER: Mohebbi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9909281 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature