ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS USAGE BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF MEDICAL GROUP IN BASRA, IRAQ

Sheima Nadim Kadhim; Zainab Haroon Ahmed; Muntadher Luay Abdulsahib

doi:10.22270/ujpr.v9i2.1081

Sheima Nadim Kadhim Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of pharmacy, University of Basra, Iraq.
Zainab Haroon Ahmed Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of pharmacy, University of Basra, Iraq.
Muntadher Luay Abdulsahib MuntadherLuayAbdulsahib, Doctor, Department of Infection Control, Al-Mawanee General Hospital, Basra, Iraq.

10.22270/ujpr.v9i2.1081

Keywords:

anxiety, depression, medical group students, psychological disease, psychotropic drugs

Abstract

Background: Psychological disease is strongly prevalent among college and university students worldwide with negative impacts on students’ life. Specifically, medical group students have long time of study with suffer from competitive ambience and sleep privation, that lead to out of the way from perfect learning environment. When medical students are abused psychotropic drugs that lead to defect on performance, health, life style and interpose with their concentration.

Aim: to investigate the prevalence rate of depression and anxiety in university students of medical group in Basra, and estimate the rate and type of psychotropic drugs consumption by them.

Method: The study data was collected from 376 students of medical group at College of Medicine, College of Dentistry and College of Pharmacy of Basra University by questionnaire forma.

Results: The prevalence rate of mental disorders was low about and many factors that affected on psychiatric state of them like gender, age, Family and friends Relation, missing one of parents etc. Among medical group students that used sedatives and hypnotics about (46%) than other psychotropic drugs like serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRIs) (42.9%) tricyclic antidepressants (21.4%), and atypical antipsychotic (7.1%).

Conclusions: Medical group students are more likely to consumption antipsychotic drugs by physician prescription or self-medications. Therefore, there are required more interesting and pursuits for college students especially medical college students for amelioration their college and social lives.