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Academic Difficulty among Male Egyptian University Students

I. Association with Psychiatric Morbidity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. Okasha ,
M. Kamel ,
A. H. Khalil ,
A. Sadek  and
A. Ashour
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A survey was made of academic difficulties among undergraduate students at Ain Shams University, Cairo, during the academic year 1979–1980. Almost 6% of students dropped out before graduating and a further 8% required substantial extra time to complete their course of study: these figures were almost identical for both sexes. Psychiatric disorders were diagnosed in 42% of male students with academic problems (compared with 9% among the academically successful), with neuroses accounting for nearly half of the cases and schizophrenia for a quarter. Serious psychiatric illness was nearly four times as frequent among 3rd-year students as among 1st-year students.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 2 , February 1985 , pp. 140 - 144
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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