iarjmsIARJMSIARJMS2708-359410.47310/iarjms.2021.v02i01.030Type D Personality and Depression among Medical Students in DelhiAakankshaBhartiAnitaKhokharSunilKumarSinghSuruchiMishraManilaSharmasenior resident, Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, India.Director Professor, Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, India.Assistant Professor, North DMC Medical College and Hindurao Hospital, Indiapost graduate student, Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, IndiaIntroduction: Medical students face significant academic pressure, psychological stress and existential crisis. Personality type refers to psychological classification of different types of individuals. Type D personality is a vulnerability factor for general psychological distress that affects physical health status and people with type D personality are at increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders. A number of determinants influence the occurrence of depression, as biochemical factors, genetic, environmental factors and personality traits. Material and methods: Total 380 undergraduate students from VMMC were enrolled by stratified simple random sampling. A predesigned, pretested, semi structured questionnaire along with DS14 and PHQ9 was used for data collection. Statistical analysis: SPSS licensed Software version 20.0 was used. Simple tables and cross tables were made. For qualitative data analysis Chi-square test was used. Results: Among 380 participants studied, male students were 213 (56%) and females were 167 (44%). Out of 380 students 116 (30.5%) students had Type D personality and 264 (69.5%) students did not have Type D personality. The overall prevalence of depression was found to be 44.5%. It was observed that depression was significantly associated with Type D personality. Conclusion and recommendation: This study reports high prevalence of Type D personality and depression among medical undergraduate students. Timely intervention in the form of diagnosis, treatment and counselling for students having Type D personality, depression and other associated factors can prove to be beneficial.