APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Prevalence of Depression and Associated Stigmatized Beliefs in University Students: Results of a Survey in the United States, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt
- Arif Pendi
University of California Irvine - Jahanzeb Ashraf
American University of the Carribean - Feng-Jen Tsai
Taipei Medical University - Samir Abou El Magd
Cairo University - Ciny Liu
Taipei Medical University - Hajra Hussain
Amity University Dubai - Mohamed Khalil
Cairo University - Kate Wolitzky-Taylor
University of California Los Angeles - Danny Lee
Virginia Comonwealth University - Sherif Gohar
University of Oslo - Jeffrey Sugar
University of Southern California - Kasim Pendi
University of California Riverside - Joshua Lee
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Reham Abdel Maksoud
Cairo University - Noha Adel
Cairo University - David Baron
University of Calgary
Abstract
GMH Poster Competition: A survey of 2131 students from universities in the United States, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt found that 27.8% had provisional diagnosis of depressive disorder. Emirati followed by American students were most depressed and Egyptian students held the most stigmatized personal beliefs.
Depression
