title: Enhancing the psychological health of medical students: the student well-being committee.
abstract: Medical schools' emphasis on technical excellence is sometimes at the expense of social and emotional development. This paper describes a programme, orchestrated by a vital Well-Being Committee, that involves students in a wide range of activities to enhance social and emotional well-being. The primary prevention of emotional impairment is the goal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1759.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Coombs
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Virshup
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004644:Emotions; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States