Depression Brings FK UII 3rd National Champion at INTERMEDISCO 2021

YOGYAKARTA (fk.uii.ac.id) - Sajjad Khairunnas, Mohammad Taufiqurrahman Guritno, and Aldi Surya Rizkiyanto, student of the Medical Study Program Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam Indonesia (FK UII) who became a delegate at the 2021 Interfaculty of Medicine Scientific Competition (INTERMEDISCO) scientific competition event Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam Indonesia, managed to achieve proud achievement by winning title Champion 3 National Educational Video.

On the ongoing finals at the date of August 28 2021 online, FK UII had to compete strictly with delegates from the University of Indonesia, Andalas University, Lampung University, and UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim.

The work presented by the FK UII delegation was entitled "Let's Prevent Depression During a Pandemic with SPIRIT". "SPIRIT" here is an acronym for preventive measures against depression. Contacted separately, Sajjad Khairunnas explained that the idea for his team's work was inspired by facts related to the high cases of depression in Indonesia during the pandemic.

"According to research from PDSKJI (Indonesian Psychiatric Association-ed) in 2020, which was conducted on 4010 self-examiners, as many as 62% of people experienced depression during the pandemic. Finally, we took the initiative to educate the public through the works we make regarding how to prevent depression during a pandemic. It is hoped that this video can help people to prevent depression," said Sajjad. (etc)