Title: Effect of mesodiencephalic stimulation on adaptation to stress and academic performance of students

Authors: Alexey V. Yumashev; Anatoly S. Utyuzh; Oleg I. Admakin; Vladlena Y. Doroshina; Ilona R. Volchkova

Addresses: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, Moscow, 8 Trubetskaya Str., Russian Federation ' Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, Moscow, 8 Trubetskaya Str., Russian Federation ' Department of Preventive and Public Dentistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, Moscow, 8 Trubetskaya Str., Russian Federation ' Department of Therapeutic Stomatology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, Moscow, 8 Trubetskaya Str., Russian Federation ' Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, Moscow, 8 Trubetskaya Str., Russian Federation

Abstract: Increase in academic performance of medical universities' students is one of the most significant tasks of the modern education and healthcare systems as a factor contributing to high quality of the future doctors' qualification. Increased level of anxiety and depression negatively correlate with the level of the students' academic performance. Such a method of physiotherapy as mesodiencephalic modulation takes a stabilising effect on psychoemotional state of a person. The paper contains the analysis of emotional state of the students from the Faculty of Dentistry, defines the level of anxiety and depression, and notes their correlational interconnection with the level of academic performance in their study. The authors have practically stated positive influence of the mesodiencephalic modulation sessions on psychoemotional state of the students and indirectly on the level of their educational academic performance.

Keywords: emotional state; depression; mesodiencephalic modulation; dental phobia; physiotherapy; trigger-situations; psychotrauma.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2018.095818

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2018 Vol.10 No.4, pp.359 - 367

Received: 15 Feb 2018
Accepted: 17 Apr 2018
Published online: 22 Oct 2018 *

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