Suicidal behavior in the structure of protective methods of overcoming migration and educational stress by foreign students

Medical students who come to study in another country experience certain difficulties in adapting to the norms and values of the host culture, as well as significant academic stress, accompanied by anxiety and depression. This study aimed to develop recommendations for overcoming the educational stress by medical students who came from other countries on the basis of studying its prevalence, phenomenological manifestations and determining factors. Material and methods. A solid sample consisting of 166 students from 1 to 3 courses was examined using the medico-sociological and psychometric methods. All students arrived from the countries of the Middle East and India, do not speak Russian and was trained in the intermediate language (English) at the medical institute. Nonparametric statistical methods were used to process the results. Results. It is found that foreign students in the first months of adaptation experienced stress, which was accompanied by internal forms of suicidal behavior in 44% of cases...