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      Cross-sectional analysis of veterinary student coping strategies and stigma in seeking psychological help.

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          Veterinary education can result in high levels of academic stressors for students. Students are also susceptible to non-academic stressors, including relationship issues and financial concerns. These can all result in mental ill health, which may impair the student's ability to complete their studies and go on to a successful professional career. Finding and using strategies early on to help alleviate mental health problems is critical to successful management of these problems, but seeking help may be impeded by the stigma associated with mental health problems. Using a cross-sectional online survey of a sample of Australian veterinary students, the aim of the current study was to investigate the type and frequency of their coping strategies as well as to explore relationships between self-stigma and coping strategies. Female veterinary students reported more use of instrumental and emotional support as coping strategies, while male veterinary students demonstrated more use of humour. Self-stigma was related to less instrumental support, greater self-blame and gender, while males who employed more humour as a coping strategy reported more self-stigma. Improving the coping strategies of veterinary students and reducing the self-stigma surrounding mental ill health is important to improve the wellbeing and resilience of the veterinary profession.

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          Journal
          Vet Rec
          The Veterinary record
          BMJ
          2042-7670
          0042-4900
          Jun 08 2019
          : 184
          : 23
          Affiliations
          [1 ] School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia.
          [2 ] College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
          [3 ] Faculty of Science, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
          Article
          vr.105042
          10.1136/vr.105042
          30878950
          6a12a079-8209-4dda-bb91-7b77288fba2b
          History

          veterinary students,wellbeing,self-stigma,mental health,coping strategies

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