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Validating mental health questionnaire instruments means proving that they measure what they claim to measure, in the population you intend to use them on. A scale developed and tested in one setting cannot simply be carried into another and trusted. I learned this at close range leading a psychometric validation study of the PHQ-9 and […]
In a survey I led of 699 university students in Lahore, nearly two in three (64.9%) said they had taken medicine without consulting a professional in the previous six months. The surprise was not the number itself. It was this: medical students knew significantly more about self-medication and its risks, yet they reported doing it […]
Taimoor Asghar reflects on what studying burnout in medical students taught him about research itself: instruments, trust, and real people.
New evidence challenges the assumption that medical students carry the greatest mental-health burden and supports a campus-wide approach to prevention.
Our study of 602 Pakistani university students challenges the assumption that medical students necessarily report more depressive symptoms.
A Pakistani university study found higher reported depression and anxiety symptoms in non-medical students, challenging a common assumption about student mental health.
A study of 602 Lahore undergraduates found higher depression and anxiety scores in non-medical students, while gender, sleep and history also mattered.
A Pakistani study suggests student mental health cannot be explained by academic discipline alone, highlighting sleep, gender and prior depression care.
New evidence from Pakistani students suggests campus mental health strategies should look beyond degree labels and support students across disciplines.
A Pakistan study of 602 university students found unexpected differences in depression by discipline, alongside important gender and sleep patterns.