%0 Journal Article
%T Common mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors - an overview of systematic reviews.
%A Aljuwaiser S
%A Brazzelli M
%A Arain I
%A Poobalan A
%J J Ment Health
%V 0
%N 0
%D 2023 Nov 7
%M 37933550
%F 3.681
%R 10.1080/09638237.2023.2278095
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Common mental health problems (CMHP) are prevalent among junior doctors and medical students, and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenging situations with education disruptions, early graduations, and front-line work. CMHPs can have detrimental consequences on clinical safety and healthcare colleagues; thus, it is vital to assess the overall prevalence and available interventions to provide institutional-level support.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This overview summarises the prevalence of CMHPs from existing published systematic reviews and informs public health prevention and early intervention practice.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Four electronic databases were searched from 2012 to identify systematic reviews on the prevalence of CMHPs and/or interventions to tackle them.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Thirty-six reviews were included: 25 assessing prevalence and 11 assessing interventions. Across systematic reviews, the prevalence of anxiety ranged from 7.04 to 88.30%, burnout from 7.0 to 86.0%, depression from 11.0 to 66.5%, stress from 29.6 to 49.9%, suicidal ideation from 3.0 to 53.9% and one obsessive-compulsive disorder review reported a prevalence of 3.8%. Mindfulness-based interventions were included in all reviews, with mixed findings for each CMHP.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The prevalence of CMHPs is high among junior doctors and medical students, with anxiety remaining relatively stable and depression slightly increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research on mindfulness-based interventions is required for a resilient and healthy future workforce.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>the researchers have followed PRISMA guidance. This overview was not registered with PROSPERO as it was conducted as part of an MSc research project.