Incidence Of Insomnia, Anxiety, Depression, Overweight And Drug And Alcohol Use Among Medical Students

Introduction: The existence of a toxicity in medical culture caused by chronified stress in the exercise of the profession by demanding excellence in practice and the adoption of infallible knowledge. As a result, doctors and medical students have shown higher rates of psychological distress, burnout and diagnosed mental illness. Methodology: A questionnaire consisting of 11 questions about sleep quality, depression, anxiety, diet and exercise was carried out among medical students. A total of 83 medical students from 7 different Brazilian educational institutions answered the questionnaire. Objective: To Carry out a descriptive of a quantitative nature and exploratory research through a structured and pre-planned questionnaire with questions regarding the quality of sleep, anxiety, diet, depression, alcohol and drug consumption by medical students, in different periods of training.