Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in Medical Students from Universidade Regional de Blumenau – SC

ABSTRACT Common mental disorders (CMDs) are increasingly frequent in the world’s population and are less severe than other groups of mental disorders. They are associated with loss of quality of life, relationship problems and psychological suffering. The studies that investigate the prevalence of CMDs are aimed at the occupational, academic and health levels. Brazilian studies in the area of Mental Health carried out with medical students indicate that 30% and 44% of this group has some type of common mental disorder or symptom. The aim of the present study is to detect CMDs among medical students from Universidade Regional de Blumenau/SC. This is a cross-sectional study carried out in August 2017 with 340 students from the 1st to the 12th semester of School. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was used for CMD screening. The prevalence of CMD was 50.9%. Classic CMDs were associated (p