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WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and distribution of mental disorders.
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Increasingly, colleges across the world are contending with rising rates of mental disorders, and in many cases, the demand for services on campus far exceeds the available resources.
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“epidemiological studies consistently find high prevalence of these disorders among college students (Hunt & Eisenberg, 2010; Ibrahim, Kelly, Adams, & Glazebrook, 2013; Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf, & Wilens, 2015).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Hunt & Eisenberg, 2010 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Ibrahim, Kelly, Adams, & Glazebrook, 2013 source
- Supportedcites Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf, & Wilens, 2015 source
The Abstract states that mental health problems are very common among college students. The Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders section reports survey-based prevalence figures for anxiety, depression, ADHD, and eating disorders, supporting the claim that studies repeatedly find these problems common. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Only 16.4% of all 12-month cases received any treatment for these disorders.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
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- Partly supportedcites Auerbach, et al., 2016 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract’s Results report 16.4% receiving treatment, but specify students with 12-month disorders, not all cases in the surveys. The detailed Results section describes the 16.4% figure as receipt of minimally adequate treatment, a narrower measure than any treatment. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“This finding is broadly consistent with earlier college student surveys in documenting high recent prevalence of common mental disorders (Blanco et al., 2008; Cho et al., 2015; Eisenberg et al., 2007; Kendler et al., 2015); although most earlier surveys were carried out in the U.S. and assessed only current disorders (Merikangas et al., 2010).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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- Supportedcites Blanco et al., 2008 source
The Results report that almost half of college students met criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder in the previous year. They also describe alcohol use, personality, mood, and anxiety disorders as common or prevalent among college students, supporting the cited point about high recent prevalence. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Not matchedcites Cho et al., 2015
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Eisenberg et al., 2007 source
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“Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), which has been shown to have effects equivalent to those of face-to-face CBT (Andersson, Cuijpers, Carlbring, Riper, & Hedman, 2014)”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Andersson, Cuijpers, Carlbring, Riper, & Hedman, 2014 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract reports equivalent overall post-treatment effects for guided Internet-based CBT and face-to-face CBT in the trials reviewed. The citing sentence omits the therapist-guidance qualifier; the Methods specify that unguided Internet-based CBT was not included. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“We focus on the 13,984 respondents who were full-time students: 35% of whom screened positive for at least one of the common lifetime disorders assessed and 31% screened positive for at least one 12-month disorder.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Abstract
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“We focus on the 13,984 respondents who were full-time students: 35% of whom screened positive for at least one of the common lifetime disorders assessed and 31% screened positive for at least one 12-month disorder.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Abstract
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“Parental education was unrelated to the disorders assessed”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Socio-Demographic and College-Related Correlates of Mental Disorders
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“students with unmarried parents or a parent who was deceased had significantly elevated odds of both lifetime and 12-month disorders.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Socio-Demographic and College-Related Correlates of Mental Disorders
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“Importantly, these associations were quite stable across countries, with only 6.3% of country-specific odds-ratios differing significantly from the cross-national average (Table 5).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Socio-Demographic and College-Related Correlates of Mental Disorders
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“Proportional annual persistence was considerably lower for drug use disorder (45.9%) than other disorders (62.4–73.3%).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders
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“An earlier WMH report based on face-to-face interviews with the subset of WMH household survey respondents in 21 countries who were college students found somewhat lower lifetime (29.3%) and 12-month (25.2%) prevalence estimates of any disorder in mostly high-income countries, but this result was based on a wider range of DSM-IV disorders and on most in-depth assessments of these disorders than in”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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- Disputedcites Auerbach et al 2016 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
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“the number of students in need of treatment for these disorders far exceeds the resources of most counseling centers, resulting in substantial unmet need for treatment of mental disorders among college students (Auerbach, et al., 2016; Beiter et al., 2015; Storrie, Ahern, & Tuckett,”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Auerbach, et al., 2016 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results section reports that only 16.4% of college students with 12-month disorders received minimally adequate treatment, supporting substantial unmet treatment need. The Discussion also notes limited outpatient provider availability in lower-income countries, but the paper does not establish that demand exceeds the capacity of most college counseling centers or that counseling-center capacity causes the treatment gap. No page numbers were provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Partly supportedcites Beiter et al., 2015 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (4; page not provided) says the prevalence of symptoms indicates a need to increase the number and scope of treatment programs. It does not establish that students needing treatment far outnumber the resources of most counseling centers or quantify unmet treatment need. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Not matchedcites Storrie, Ahern, & Tuckett, 2010
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“it is associated with substantial impairment in academic performance (Auerbach et al., 2016; Bruffaerts et al., 2018) as well as suicidal thoughts and behaviors (Mortier et al., in press).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Auerbach et al., 2016 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Auerbach et al. is cited for the academic-performance part of the sentence; the separate citation to Mortier et al. accompanies the suicidal-thoughts-and-behaviors part. The Abstract Results and the Results section on college attrition associate pre-matriculation disorders with leaving college, an adverse educational outcome, but do not establish impairment in academic performance such as grades or coursework. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Supportedcites Bruffaerts et al., 2018 source
The Discussion reports that freshmen with mental health problems had significantly lower academic functioning, averaging a 2.9–4.7% decrease in academic-year performance compared with those without such problems. The suicidal-thoughts-and-behaviors clause is attached to a different citation, so it is not part of the claim attributed to Bruffaerts et al. (2018). (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“One-fifth of college students in those surveys had 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI disorders, with anxiety and mood disorders the most common class of disorders.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Auerbach, et al., 2016 source
The Results section reports that 20.3% of college students had a 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI disorder. It also identifies anxiety disorders as the most prevalent class across the groups studied, followed by mood disorders. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“It is unlikely in light of this that college campuses will have sufficient resources to support student needs for mental health services, exacerbating the problems that already exist in the mental health treatment system of escalating financial expenses and long waitlists (Andersson & Titov, 2014; Webb, Rosso, & Rauch, 2017).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Improving Access to Care
What the sources say
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Andersson & Titov, 2014 source
- Partly supportedcites Webb, Rosso, & Rauch, 2017 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction (page not provided) identifies treatment costs and long wait-lists as barriers to mental health care. It does not address whether college campuses will have sufficient resources to meet student needs, or say that costs and wait-lists are escalating. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“These associations have typically been found to be small, but with women having higher rates of anxiety and mood disorders than men, men having higher rates of substance use disorders than women, and socio-economic background being inversely related to prevalence of all disorders (Chen & Jacobson, 2012; Eisenberg, Hunt, & Speer, 2013).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Introduction
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“Second, only six common mental disorders were assessed in the surveys. The omission of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, and intermittent explosive disorder are especially noteworthy because of their comparatively high prevalence in the WMH surveys (Auerbach et al., 2016)”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Limitations and Summary
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- Partly supportedcites Auerbach et al., 2016 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Method > Measures section lists ADHD, phobias, PTSD, conduct disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, and intermittent explosive disorder among the disorders assessed in the WMH surveys. The Results section reports that phobias were among the most prevalent individual disorders, but our copy does not assess eating disorders or establish comparatively high prevalence for every disorder listed. The statement that only six disorders were assessed appears to concern the citing authors’ surveys, not the WMH surveys. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“Syndromes typically had onsets in early-middle adolescence and persisted into the year of the survey.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Abstract
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“Although relatively modest, the strongest correlates of screening positive were older age, female sex, unmarried-deceased parents, no religious affiliation, non-heterosexual identification and behavior, low secondary school ranking, and”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Abstract
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“preliminary analyses reported below showed that the majority of the 50 remaining students who identified either as transgender or “other” rather than as male or female endorsed a number of mental disorders and experienced considerable impairment, leading us to focus on them in a separate report.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Preliminary Analyses
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“Most of these students came from the Australian sample and were older, full-time employed people who would normally be expected to access mental health services, if they were needed, through their employer or employer-sponsored health insurance rather than through their college.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Preliminary Analyses
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“extrinsically motivated (as compared to intrinsically motivated) students and students with lower high school rankings (relative to students with higher high school rankings) had elevated odds of mental disorders.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Socio-Demographic and College-Related Correlates of Mental Disorders
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“Prevalence was similar for the additional respondents excluded because of missing information on gender or full-time student status (35.9%) and because of being part-time (41.2%), whereas the students who self-identified as either transgender or “other” had much higher lifetime prevalence of any disorder (76.5%).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders
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“Median age-of-onset was 14.2 years of age, from a high of 14.6 in Spain to a low of 13.6 in the U.S.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders
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“We found a number of socio-demographic and college-related variables that had statistically significant but substantively modest associations (OR=1.4–1.5) with overall disorder prevalence: being female, having parents who were not married or deceased, having no religious affiliation, graduating in the bottom 70% of their high school class, and having primarily extrinsic reasons for going to”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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“The vast majority (89.0%) of respondents with a lifetime disorder had 12-month prevalence, from a high of 94.2% in Northern Ireland to a low of 83.3% in Spain.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders
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“Median proportional annual persistence (i.e., the proportion of years in episode between age-of-onset and age at interview) was 65.0%, from a high of 72.2% in the U.S. to a low of 50.3% in Mexico.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders
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“Major depressive disorder (MDD) was the most common of the disorders examined across all countries combined (21.2% lifetime prevalence; 18.5% 12-month prevalence) followed by generalized anxiety disorder (18.6–16.7%) (Table 3).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Results > Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders
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“Each institution received ethics approval to participate in the project and all participants provided consent.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Methods > Samples
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“one-third of students have one or more of the 12-month disorders considered here and other disorders that we did not consider are likely to be present among a substantial number of other students.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Improving Access to Care
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“it also may be that (a) our assessment reflects an imbalanced assessment of internalizing versus externalizing disorders but (b) perhaps more critically, the assessment of these disorders is conducted before their peak period of onset.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Trajectory of Mental Disorders and Associated Outcomes
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“in both NCS-R and NESEARC, median age-of-onset for major depression (Hasin et al., 2005) and mood disorders (Kessler et al., 2005) was ~30 years compared to ~14 years within the WMH-ICS sample.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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“Item-level missing data in the completed surveys were imputed using the method of multiple imputation (MI) by chained equations (van Buuren, 2012).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Methods > Analysis methods
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“The response rates were quite variable across countries, from a low of 7.0% in Australia to a high of 79.3% in Mexico. The weighted (by achieved sample size) mean response rate across all surveys was 45.5%.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Methods > Samples
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“both sets of surveys documented that most lifetime mental disorders among college students started prior to college entrance and that persistence of these disorders was very high, suggesting that clinical interventions early in the college career might be warranted.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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“There also is strong reason to believe that rates of disorders, particularly externalizing disorders (e.g., substance use disorder) and serious mental illness (e.g., bipolar disorder, thought disorders), will show higher prevalence during later college years.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Trajectory of Mental Disorders and Associated Outcomes
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“Indeed, substance use disorders, bipolar disorder, and thought disorders typically emerge in the early-to-mid 20s, and the typical college lifestyle—irregular sleep, increased interpersonal stress, experimental substance use—may confer increased risk of disorder onset (Arnett, 2005; Sussman & Arnett, 2014).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Trajectory of Mental Disorders and Associated Outcomes
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“However, these validation studies have not yet been carried out in samples of college students.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Methods > Measures
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“The version of the AUDIT we used, which defined alcohol use disorder as either a total score of 8+ or a score of 4+ on the AUDIT dependence questions (Babor, Higgins-Biddle, Saunders, & Monteiro, 2001), has been shown to have concordance with clinical diagnoses in the range AUC = 0.78–0.91 (Reinert & Allen, 2002).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Methods > Measures
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“Of note, the majority of WMH-ICS respondents were aged 18–19 years, and this necessarily impacts the interpretation of age-of-onset.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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“the response rates in the college surveys were quite variable and were lower overall than in the nationally representative face-to-face community household surveys in the WMH initiative.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion
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“it is likely that more than one-third of our respondents suffered from significant distress and that fewer than the one-third suffered from a serious mental disorder.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Improving Access to Care
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“Nor do we know if calibration studies in separate countries would show that concordance of the structured questions in our diagnostic screens are equally valid in all countries.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Limitations and Summary
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“although the surveys used well-validated screening scales calibrated to yield unbiased prevalence estimates in general population samples, calibration studies have not yet been carried out in samples of college students.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Limitations and Summary
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“A number of internet-based interventions exist for a broad range of psychiatric disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety, eating disorders) and associated problems (e.g., sleep, stress) and have been shown to be effective for both prevention and treatment of these conditions (e.g., Ebert et al., 2015; Josephine, Josefine, Philipp, David, & Harald, 2017; Olthuis, Watt, Bailey, Hayden, & Stewart, 2015;”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Improving Access to Care
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“Fourth, lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset were assessed retrospectively, which may contribute to downward biases given recall errors.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Limitations and Summary
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“therefore, the true prevalence of mental disorders among college students is likely to be a good deal higher than reported in the current study; particularly as we are only including first-years students who are not yet through the high-risk periods for many common disorders.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Limitations and Summary
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“sub-threshold cases are known to have substantial impairment (Cuijpers, de Graaf, & van Dorsselaer, 2004; Fergusson, Horwood, Ridder, & Beautrais, 2005) and to benefit from internet-based interventions (Andersson & Cuijpers, 2009; Spek et al., 2008); potentially reducing the incidence of threshold cases (Buntrock et al., 2016).”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Improving Access to Care
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- Not matchedcites Cuijpers, de Graaf, & van Dorsselaer, 2004
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Fergusson, Horwood, Ridder, & Beautrais, 2005 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Andersson & Cuijpers, 2009 source
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“First, the cross-national prevalence estimates are based on a convenience sample of colleges with relatively low and quite variable response rates, limiting generalizability of results.”
§ The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders > Discussion > Limitations and Summary
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It is unclear which disorders would benefit most from internet-based CBT or how effective that treatment is in college students.
“However, little is known about the disorders for which such interventions are most needed or the effectiveness of internet-based CBT among college students.”
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In Mexico, students who skipped the survey despite time being reserved during required activities were treated as definite non-respondents.
“No follow-up of non-respondents was carried out in Mexico because it was assumed that students who failed to complete the survey even though time was set aside for it during mandatory activities were firm non-respondents.”
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The diagnostic screening scales are equally valid across the countries studied and in college student samples.
“although the surveys used well-validated screening scales calibrated to yield unbiased prevalence estimates in general population samples, calibration studies have not yet been carried out in samples of college students.”
“Nor do we know if calibration studies in separate countries would show that concordance of the structured questions in our diagnostic screens are equally valid in all countries.”
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Retrospective recall errors do not substantially bias the estimated age-of-onset.
“Fourth, lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset were assessed retrospectively, which may contribute to downward biases given recall errors.”
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“They are also some of the most frequently reported reasons for seeking psychological assistance amongst college-aged students [2, 3].”
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“Indeed, various epidemiological studies have shown that mental disorders are highly prevalent among emerging adults, and those suffering from a disorder at this age are more vulnerable to mental problems even 10 years later [3,4].”
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“In Western countries, one-third of university students have a 12-month mental disorder (2).”
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“Prolonged psychological stress is closely associated with mental disorders (Auerbach et al., 2018; Beiter et al., 2015; Karyotaki et al., 2020; Mortier et al., 2018)”
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“the most common ones being anxiety, depression, and substance abuse disorder [3,4,6]”
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“Globally, it is estimated that between 12% and 50% of all university students are affected by mental health (MH) problems [3-5]”
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“It is further mismatched by the level of concern in the prevalence of mental health issues among university students (Auerbach et al. 2018;Browne, Munro, and Cass 2017;Chaudhary et al. 2021)”
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“College students during the young adult years are at elevated risk for the development of anxiety and depressive difficulties.”
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“both of which are prevalent among the university student population [3,4]”
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“High prevalence of anxiety symptoms has been reported globally in the university students.”
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“Differences across international sites were found for both the prevalence of mental disorders (Auerbach et al., 2018) and for the frequency of severe role impairment.”
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“A World Health Organization study of international students across eight countries showed that almost one in three first-year international students screened positive for at least one DSM-5 disorder in the past 12 months, with ‘major depressive episode’ and ‘generalized anxiety disorder’ having the highest prevalence rates (18.5% and 16.7%, respectively; Auerbach et al., 2018).”
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Temperament and Character Dimensions in Relation to Empathy and Resilience among University Students
Rizzo, A., Barbera, M., Malla, R., Chirico, F., Ali, D. A., & Khabbache, H. (2026) · Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science · doi:10.20900/jpbs.20260009
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L’ennui, quelle relation avec la santé mentale des étudiants ? Étude des profils latents de bore-out
Poirier, C., Haag, C., & Giolito, V. J. (2026) · Pratiques Psychologiques · doi:10.1016/j.prps.2026.01.002
What’s overlooked in student mental health in South Africa: social connection and sexual wellbeing
Martin, J., Mostert, S. N., Joubert, J., & Muller, J. (2026) · doi:10.64628/aaj.3sfwuj3us
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“The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 20% – 31% of female university students worldwide experience menstruation-related mental health problems (3, 4).”
Effectiveness and uptake of ROOM to grow: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Laure, T., Boffo, M., Konigorski, S., Dulloo, D., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Remmerswaal, D. (2026) · Internet Interventions · doi:10.1016/j.invent.2026.100962
“The underrepresentation of men and non-binary genders, also seen in previous studies (Laure et al., 2024b, 2025) reflects the broader trend of women being more likely to engage with mental health support (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Ahmadinia, F., Sharifi, F., Ghaderi, H., Deris, F., & Shabanian, S. (2026) · BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies · doi:10.1186/s12906-026-05437-9
“According to the World Health Organization (WHO), anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders, followed by depression [2].”
Student Mental Health and Well-Being in Higher Education
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“In the WHO World Mental Health International College Student project, 31% of full-time first-year students across 19 colleges in eight countries screened positive for at least one 12-month mental disorder [5].”
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“1 | Introduction 1.1 | Background and Rationale Suicide and suicide‐related phenomena remain major public‐ health concerns in adolescents and young adults (World Health Organization 2019; Auerbach et al. 2018; Wu et al. 2020; Liang et al. 2022).”
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Stock, C., Grittner, U., Lehnchen, J., Deptolla, Z., Burian, J., & Heinrichs, K. (2026) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph23070832
“Auerbach et al. [1] found that older age was a risk-factor for poor mental health in a 12-month period, whereas Mason et al. [6] reported older age to be a protective factor among first-year students in a 12-month period.”
Tan, Y., Liu, S., & Zang, L. (2026) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare14131863
“Large-scale international work has shown that mental disorders are common among college students, and such problems may interfere with functioning during a stage in which educational and social trajectories are being consolidated [1].”
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Moura, R., Luís, S., Camilo, C., & Portugal, E. (2026) · Journal of Environmental Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103127
Penachiotti, F. D. F., Yamaguchi, M., Branco, B. H. M., Alves, G., Rodrigues, F., Mariano, F., Mana, A., Sagy, S., & Milani, R. G. (2026) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph23070853
“Mental health problems have been associated with poorer academic performance, lower academic engagement, impaired social functioning, reduced quality of life, and increased risk of university attrition [5,9].”
Cognitive and Psychological Effects of COVID-19
Daumiller, M., Rinas, R., Schoon, I., & Lüftenegger, M. (2025) · Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks · doi:10.1108/979-8-88730-897-520251024
Nguyen, V.-T., Nguyen, V. T. T., Khoa, M. D., BACH, T. N. D., Phuong, L. T., Khang, N. T., & Cong, L. M. (2026) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.184848.1
Rethinking social media metrics: Daily interaction valence and well‐being in university students
Sahib, A., Hardacre, S., Evans, O., Quayle, A., Rubin, M., Robertson, A. M., Cruwys, T., & Smyth, L. (2026) · British Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjso.70109
“Despite the potential for growth, many report lower well-being and higher distress than their non-student peers (Auerbach et al., 2018; Dingle et al., 2024; Rickwood et al., 2017; Crisp et al., 2025).”
Stakeholder-Informed Design of LLM-Based Chatbots for Post-secondary Mental Health Support
Shayaninasab, M., Kim, J. E., Kitson, A., & Yalçın, Ö. N. (2026) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-31048-4_8
Immersive Nature: The Effect of Nature Environments Video During Class Breaks
Shobri, N. I. M., Dahlan, F. M., Yaacob, W. N. A. H. W. A. @., & Amir, A. F. (2026) · ALAM CIPTA International Journal Of Sustainable Tropical Design & Practice · doi:10.47836/ac.19.s1.paper06
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Li, J., & Wang, Y. (2026) · Expert Systems · doi:10.1111/exsy.70353
Merellano-Navarro, E., Loyola-Arriagada, P., Morán-Toloza, A., Bruneau-Chávez, J., Giakoni-Ramírez, F., Gajardo-Herrera, D., Pena-Rojas, J., & Godoy-Cumillaf, A. E. R. (2026) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2026.1833793
“Large international studies have reported high prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress within university populations, conditions that may significantly affect both academic performance and overall wellbeing (6).”
Selmi, T., Bchini, S., Hamaidi, J., Mohamed, A. M. A. S., Ceylan, H. İ., Muntean, R. I., Barakat, L., Said, N. M. B., Dergaa, I., Guelmami, N., et al. (2026) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare14142056
A Machine Learning Framework for Early Diagnosis of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
Vangalapat, T., Nagpal, A., Dhasmana, G., et al. (2026) · doi:10.1109/icbdml68582.2026.11597927
Xiang, X. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1860366
“Multiple reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that psychological distress such as anxiety and depression is prevalent among youth, becoming a global public health challenge that cannot be ignored (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Konyana, S. (2026) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-16069-0_18
Rachmanie, A. S. L., Mahambara, Y. G. R., & Handoyo, R. T. (2026) · Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health · doi:10.2174/0117450179452308260709213331
Li, H., Kong, R., & Wang, L. (2026) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0353462 · Cited by 1
“Recent findings from the WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) project showed high prevalence rates of mental disorders among university students from 19 universities across eight countries [5].”
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“High rates of mental health difficulties have been documented among university students globally and in Brazil, including anxiety, discouragement, and eating-related concerns [5, 20].”
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Stoeckl, S. E., Wislocki, K. E., Sami, S., & Schueller, S. M. (2026) · doi:10.2196/preprints.106984
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Fialho, J. M., Santos, O., de Arriaga, M. T., Paixão, C., Batista, P., & Pereira, A. (2026) · Academia Mental Health and Well-Being · doi:10.20935/mhealthwellb8431
Regulación Emocional en Estudiantes que Ingresan a la Universidad en Ecuador
Reino, J. C. B., Toro-Loor, E. T., Giler-Sánchez, M. A., & Giler-Sánchez, M. A. (2026) · Erevna Research Reports · doi:10.70171/fb14zp40
“…no cuentan con recursos personales suficientes para afrontar estos cambios, el ingreso a la universidad puede convertirse en una experiencia estresante y favorecer la aparición de problemas emocionales, afectando tanto el bienestar psicológico como el desempeño académico (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Wang, J., Zhang, M., & Zhang, L. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1867360
Zhou, J., Zheng, C., Hu, M., & Liu, Y. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1811149
“Contemporary research indicates that approximately 31–35% of college students experience significant mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, and identity confusion, which can substantially impair their academic performance and overall wellbeing (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Praptomojati, A., Intani, Z. F., Setiyawati, D., Nauta, M. H., & Bouman, T. K. (2026) · BMC Digital Health · doi:10.1186/s44247-026-00286-5
“Data from the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Project indicated that approximately one-third of first-year students meet criteria for a common mental disorder [1], with similar trends observed in more recent studies of student mental health [2].”
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“2,3 However, the Nigerian context introduces distinctive structural amplifiers.”
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“University students represent a population at elevated risk for emotional distress due to academic pressures, developmental transitions, and psychosocial demands [15].”
Najwa, A., Azmi, I., Zafran, A., Adibah, N., Zulkafli, H., Iman, A., & Linoby, A. (2026) · medRxiv · doi:10.64898/2026.07.20.26358442
Addressing Help-Seeking Challenges and Promoting Mental Health Well-Being
Shea, M., Kim, P. Y., & Yon, K. J. (2026) · doi:10.1093/9780197759424.003.0049
Ogunlowo, S. O., Eşidir, O. V., Özbey, G., et al. (2026) · doi:10.2196/preprints.105766
Sun, J., Xu, C., Pan, G., & Lu, M. (2026) · Journal of Affective Disorders Reports · doi:10.1016/j.jadr.2026.101135
Re-imagining students healing, power and belonging through eco-therapy based peer-led action
Mutena, P. (2026) · PLOS mental health. · doi:10.1371/journal.pmen.0000663
“The transition into university life further intensifies vulnerability, with first-year students experiencing significant adjustment stress as they adapt to new academic, social and financial demands [2].”
Romoser, B. C., Nelson, R., & Terrill, A. L. (2026) · Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science · doi:10.1007/s41347-026-00677-5
Okpako, E. O., Adewuyi, H. O., Fehintola, V. A., Ojuolape, M. O., Raji, N. A., Ayodeji, A. S., & Umanhonlen, S. E. (2026) · Educational Technology Quarterly · doi:10.55056/etq.1056 · Cited by 5
“…rates considerably exceed pre-pandemic estimates of student mental health concerns, which typically ranged between 30–40% for anxiety and depression [ 6, 49 ] , suggesting that digital learning fatigue represents a distinct and additional burden beyond pre-existing mental health vulnerabilities.”
Verma, S., & Kaur, S. (2026) · Journal of Substance Use · doi:10.1080/14659891.2026.2707608
대학생의 교양체육 참여와 SOC(자기통합감), 회복탄력성, 스트레스 대처전략 및 심리적 웰빙의 관계: 살루토제네시스 관점을 통한 분석*
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Jabs, M., Thompson, M., Linardon, J., Messer, M., & Wade, T. D. (2026) · Early Intervention in Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/eip.70207 · Cited by 1
Salud mental, compromiso académico y autoeficacia en estudiantes de terapia ocupacional
Saavedra-Ibaca, V., Martínez-González, L., Burgos-Carrasco, S., Sierra-Cisternas, C., & Romero-Mardones, F. A. (2026) · Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional · doi:10.1590/2526-8910.cto431542843
Stratakis, K., Todorovic, J., Mirković, M., Nešić, D., & Terzić-Šupić, Z. (2026) · Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · doi:10.3389/fspor.2026.1870798
“University students appear to be particularly vulnerable, given the academic, financial, and psychosocial pressures characteristic of this period of life (3).”
Fan, J., Shrum, W., & Garretson, O. (2026) · Society · doi:10.1007/s12115-026-01262-5
Retka, J., Stoll, E., Nething, E., Uhlig, S. M., Schwiebert, C., & Tomczyk, S. (2026) · Discover Mental Health · doi:10.1007/s44192-026-00551-z
“Notably, mental health impairments are more common among students compared to the general population [4, 5].”
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Xu, T., Meng, X., & Wang, X. (2026) · Acta Psychologica · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107513
Mohammadi, H., Haidari, A. R., & Razai, M. (2026) · Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities · doi:10.62810/jssh.v3i3.287
“Assessing the mental health of incoming university students and identifying its determinants is especially important at the point of university entry, as this transitional period can substantially affect academic performance and psychological adjustment ( Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Mirzaee, M. J. (2026) · Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities · doi:10.62810/jssh.v3i3.290
“As per the report published by the International Student Mental Health Project under the global program framework of the WHO, around one-third of student populations have been identified to suffer from a common mental disorder in the past 12 months (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Santana, M. W. S., Silva, A. C. A. E., & Moreira, E. A. (2026) · Scientia Generalis · doi:10.22289/sg.v7n1a107
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“…growing concerns expressed about the world-wide increasing prevalence of mental health problems in college and university students, which existed prior to the pandemic, according to the World Health Organization reports and meta-analyses findings (see Auerbach et al., 2018; Sheldon et al., 2021).”
Between Resilience and Risk: A Latent Profile Analysis from the Me.Mo Survey of University Students
Ciechi, A. D., Buratta, L., Delvecchio, E., Garofalo, C., Raspa, V., Colli, A., & Mazzeschi, C. (2026) · The Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1080/00223980.2026.2705501
Antazo, B. G. (2026) · International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling · doi:10.1007/s10447-026-09662-2
“…and tertiary institutions should consider integrating brief, psychometrically supported tools like the STAI-SF into routine mental health assessments to support early intervention, reduce long-term distress, and optimize academic and developmental outcomes (Auerbach et al., 2018 ; Stallman, 2010 ).”
Arjona, A. A. M., Moscato, G., Moreno, I. S. E., & Jacinto, L. G. (2026) · Social Sciences · doi:10.3390/socsci15080519
“…have documented a high prevalence of depressive symptoms, anxiety, and suicidal ideation in this population, establishing university students as a priority for mental health research and preventive action (Auerbach et al. 2018; Debowska et al. 2020; Demenech et al. 2021; Mortier et al. 2018).”
Mucuk, M. D., Çetin, M. K., & Sarı, T. (2026) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-026-09839-3
“Studies have shown increasing rates of anxiety, depression, and stress-related disorders among student populations, highlighting the need for effective interventions to address these problems (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Statistical Analysis on Mental Health Among University Students Using Logistic Regression Analysis
Gopalakrishnan, S., Adzhar, N., & Farradinna, S. (2026) · Lecture notes in networks and systems · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-25638-6_25
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“A saúde mental no ensino superior é um desafio global crescente: estima-se que 35% dos universitários manifestem transtornos mentais, com prevalência de depressão e ansi-edade [Auerbach et al. 2018].”
Langer, S., & Sammut, S. (2026) · Journal of Affective Disorders Reports · doi:10.1016/j.jadr.2026.101146
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Spiritual emptiness and depression among university students: the roles of perceived support and age
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“In China, academic pressure, employment uncertainty, and rapid social change further exacerbate psychological distress during the transition to adulthood (Beiter et al., 2015; Chen et al., 2005; Cui et al., 2022; Ibrahim et al., 2013; Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Social media use and mental well-being among college students: A cross-sectional survey
Lee, Y.-S., Hwang, J., & Youn, B.-Y. (2026) · Digital Health · doi:10.1177/20552076261479201
“7,8 Recent studies suggest that not only the quantity but also the pattern and purpose of social media use may be associated with mental health outcomes.”
Evaluating Single-Session Therapy Within a Stepped Care Mental Health Model for University Students
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“In fact, Auerbach et al. (2018) reported that approximately 35 % of college students across 19 countries met the criteria for at least one common mental disorder, such as depression, anxiety, or substance use disorders.”
Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, Y., & Yanlan, G. (2026) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare14162547
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Metadata
- Authors
- Auerbach, R. P., Collaborators, W. W.-I., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D. D., Green, J. G., Hasking, P., Murray, E., Nock, M. K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N. A., Stein, D. J., Vilagut, G., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Kessler, R. C.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Municipal Institute for Medical Research (ES)
- Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- Boston University (US)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Auerbach, Randy P.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Published
- 2018-10
- Volume
- 127
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 623-638
- ISSN
- 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1846
- PMC
- PMC6193834
- OpenAlex
- W2891230948
- Semantic Scholar
- e4bb2ff549f8438750959e9e3e0c679bbd9381f7
- Cited by
- 2,522
- References
- 76
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- 2026: 410 · 2025: 396 · 2024: 387 · 2023: 369 · 2022: 319 · 2021: 372 · 2020: 183 · 2019: 74 · 2018: 9
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- 216.43
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- en
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- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R56MH109566, R01MH070884)
- Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (11N0514N/11N0516N/1114717N)
- King Baudouin Foundation (2014-J2140150-102905)
- Eli Lilly (IIT-H6U-BX-I002)
- BARMER
- Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (636110005)
- Protestants Fonds voorde Geestelijke Volksgezondheid
- South African Medical Research Council
- Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (PI13/00343)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CM14/00125, CD12/00440)
- European Union Regional Development Fund
- Ulster University
- Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad (2015I015)
- DIUE Generalitat de Catalunya (2017 SGR 452; 2014 SGR 748)
- FPU (0572805728)
- WHO World Mental Health
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Pfizer Foundation
- U.S. Public Health Service (R13-MH066849, R01-MH069864, and R01 DA016558)
- Fogarty International Center (R03-TW00648)
- Pan American Health Organization
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- university students, mental illness, prevalence, common mental disorders, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, alcoholism, substance use disorders, sociodemographic correlates, mental health services, first-year students, religious affiliation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Students, World Health Organization, Prevalence, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Young Adult
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-09-28, under version 3 of the claim definition (prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-09-28 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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