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When the pressure increases: Managing stress

BDJ Student volume 27, pages 28–29 (2020)Cite this article

In this second article in the series, Sarah Bradbury from Dentists' Provident focuses on mental health issues, when and how they occur and what could be done to prevent them.

Dentists of every age reading this will remember the ups and the downs of being a dental student, whilst others will filter out the lows and only remember the good times, away from the pressures of the real world. But when you are going through the five or so years of toil, you feel there is enough on your plate keeping up with the late-night studies, passing exams and learning how to deal with patients to take on any more strains and stresses.

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