Psychoneurotic Profile in Iraqi Medical Students: Three Decades Comparison

Abstract

Abstract: To compare the neurotic characteristics of two samples of Iraqi medical students previously assessed in BAGHDAD at 1980, 1990, respectively with a similar study carried out at 2001 using the same CCEI instrument, The three decades representing different socioeconomic era revealed decline of total mean scores than that of the previous two studies and that males scored higher than females in all scales, the findings were discussed.Keywords: Psychoneurosis, Medical students, three decades