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Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the psychosocial health levels, substance use frequency, and factors affecting the students in the faculty of health sciences. A total of 681 senior year students studying in the facultyof health sciences in Sivas Cumhuriyet University between March 20 and April 15, 2018 were included in thisdescriptive and cross-sectional study, which constituted 86.4% of the students at the university. Data were collected using student identification form, depression anxiety stress scale, and substance use information form.Student t, Mann-Whitney U, Chi-squared, and Kruskal-Wallis tests, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation analysis were used for statistical evaluation. It was determined that 16.9% of the students used substances such ascigarettes, alcohol, narcotic drugs, and heroin/hashish during internship. The depression and stress levels werefound to be normal, and the anxiety levels were mild according to the students' depression, anxiety and stressscale mean scores; 14.2% of the students had severe depression, 20.9% had severe anxiety, and 9.4% had severestress. Depression, anxiety, and stress levels of students who used substances were found to be higher. Thestudents preferred smoking, alcohol, and substance use as a coping method due to the psychosocial problems.