How to understant it,I feel it's a little contradiction,isn't if?
Students need to be reassured,she said,that problems will be reported only if they grant permission and only to explain effects on their academic performance.This article is about medical students who have some depression but not wound like to face the illness of themselves.* isn't it?
* wouldI can't understand "only to explain effects on their academic performance." what does it mean?

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How to understant it,I feel it's a little contradiction,isn't if?
Students need to be reassured,she said,that problems will be reported  only if they grant permission and only to explain effects on their academic performance.This article is about medical students who have some depression but not wound like to face the illness of themselves.* isn't it?
* wouldI can't understand "only to explain effects on their academic performance." what does it mean?

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Here are a couple of other ways of re-wording it or explaining it:

If you are a medical student, and you suffer from depression, it will not be reported unless you give them permission to report it.  And it will not be reported if your depression is not causing problems with your academic performance.

If you are depressed, but you are still performing well academically, it will not be reported.  
If you are depressed, and it IS causing academic problems, they will report it with your permission, as a way of explaining the reason for your poor perfomance.

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Hello Tiger,

The correction of your question first:
" How to understand it , I feel it's a little contradicting, isn't it ?"

I don't see any contradiction in the sentence. Would you mention what you think is contradicting in this context ?

By " isn't it would?" you mean using "would" instead of "will" in "will be reported"???
If that is the inquiry,then it is correct to use "will be reported" in this conditional clause , where you use both the present tense ( grant ) and the future tense ( will be reported).

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