Is it stressful being a health science student in Malaysia? - Kartheek Balapala - Bog

Overwhelming stress leads to psychological problems like depression and anxiety. The objective of the current publication was to emphasize the issues related to stress among students of various professional colleges and its association with various academic, social and health-related factors. Stress is the most prevalent and common problem faced by diverse groups of population. In the case of non academic factors, worries about the future was the main factor causing stress among students, whereas class workload was the critical contribution of stress with regard to the Academic factors. In the category of Personal factors, fi- nancial problems caused major stress to students. The influence of the hidden curriculum in a university setting ... what should happen and what happens in practice, often leads to a loss of idealism and ethical erosion.