Abstract
College students are vulnerable to disorders like depression, when it comes to medical students, there is a higher prevalence comparing to the general population. This research aims to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in medical students from the first and fourth year of the institution of Belém/PA. This is a cross-sectional study and the data collection instrument was Beck Depression Inventory. 160 students answered to the questionnaire, constituting a sample of 62,5% of the population. Among these, 42,5% had depressive symptoms, 13,7% had moderate to severe symptoms and 28,7% had mild symptoms. The prevalence of depressive symptoms in medical students is higher than in the general and similar student population and the data collected from corroborate this statement.
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