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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 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.
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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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“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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“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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BackgroundPankow, K., King, N., Li, M., Byun, J., Jugoon, L., Rivera, D., Dimitropoulos, G., Patten, S. B., Kingslake, J., Keown‐Stoneman, C. D. G., et al. (2023) · Early Intervention in Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/eip.13458 · Cited by 14
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Mental health and sleep in the post-COVID-19 era among Thai undergraduate students
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ResultSchaab, B. L., Calvetti, P. Ü., Hoffmann, S., Diaz, G. B., Rech, M., Cazella, S. C., Stein, A. T., Barros, H. M. T., da Silva, P. C., & Reppold, C. T. (2024) · Cadernos de Saúde Pública · doi:10.1590/0102-311xen029323 · Cited by 23
Depression in a youth population-based sample from Brazil: Prevalence and symptom structure
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“%) of the mental disorders examined across all countries (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
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“This was followed, however, by a number of studies [6–8,12,13] reporting a much higher prevalence (around 25%) of self-reported distress, depression, anxiety, and stress among university students experiencing lockdown—though only slightly higher than estimated in non-pandemic situations [58].”
ResultWhat are pre‐service teachers like? Analysis of their psychosocial profile
García‐Martínez, I., Landa, J. M. A., López, R. Q., & León, S. P. (2022) · Scandinavian Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/sjop.12834 · Cited by 18
“As it has been stated by some authors, 12%–46% of university students are affected by mental health disorders in any of their years of study (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundBelastungen durch Fernlehre und psychische Gesundheit von Studierenden während der COVID-19-Pandemie
Weiss, E. M., Kaufmann, L., Ninaus, M., & Canazei, M. (2022) · Lernen und Lernstörungen · doi:10.1024/2235-0977/a000374 · Cited by 14
Harris, C., Haack, S., & Miao, Z. (2022) · Appetite · doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.106300 · Cited by 14
Torinomi, C., Lindenberg, K., Möltner, A., Herpertz, S. C., & Holm‐Hadulla, R. M. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph192416423 · Cited by 20
“Young adults, especially university students, seem to be notably vulnerable to developing mental health problems such as depression or anxiety disorders due to various transitions, uncertainties and high demands on self-regulation [10,11].”
BackgroundJakobsdottir, G., Stefansdottir, R. S., Gestsdóttir, S., Stefansson, V., Jóhannsson, E., Rögnvaldsdóttir, V., & Gísladóttir, Þ. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0286345 · Cited by 19
“University students are often faced with major life changes and challenges, for example in their studies, but also due to economic and social responsibilities [51] and can therefore be a vulnerable social group, even before the pandemic started.”
BackgroundConsiderations for Designing Context-Aware Mobile Apps for Mental Health Interventions
Miralles, I., & Granell, C. (2019) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph16071197 · Cited by 18
“These findings are also supported by a recent international study investigating the prevalence of psychological disorders in eight developed countries among first-year university-level students: one in three students report symptoms of a mental health disorder [6].”
ResultSupporting Self-Injury Recovery: The Potential for Virtual Reality Intervention
Kruzan, K. P., Whitlock, J. L., Bazarova, N. N., Miller, K. D., Chapman, J., & Won, A. S. (2020) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3313831.3376396 · Cited by 14
Heller, A. S., Stamatis, C. A., Puccetti, N. A., & Timpano, K. R. (2021) · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · doi:10.1037/abn0000670 · Cited by 18
Brown, N., McLafferty, M., O’Neill, S. M., Hugh, R. M., Ward, C., McBride, L., Brady, J., Bjourson, A. J., Walsh, C. P., & Murray, E. K. (2022) · Journal of Attention Disorders · doi:10.1177/10870547221075844 · Cited by 14
“The World Mental Health International College Student Initiative (WMH-ICS) reported that over one third of college students screened positive for at least one clinically significant lifetime disorder, while 31% screened positive for at least one 12-month disorder (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundSelf-citationGuenthner, L., Baldofski, S., Kohls, E., Schuhr, J., Brock, T., & Rummel-Kluge, C. (2023) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs13110885 · Cited by 13
“Past studies indicate that university students constitute a vulnerable population, with up to one in three students suffering from a mental disorder globally [1,2].”
BackgroundAn Argument for More High‐Quality Research Focused on Mental Health in the Post‐Secondary Context
Byrom, N., Pointon‐Haas, J., Upsher, R. J., Iorfino, F., McKenna, S., McCann, E., Priestley, M. J., Slack, H. R., & Cleverley, K. (2025) · Early Intervention in Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/eip.70002 · Cited by 14
“…poor mental health persists as a barrier to accessing post-secondary education and contributes to attrition and reduced educational outcomes (Auerbach et al. 2016, 2018; Bantjes et al. 2021; Caitlin Faas, Kaestle, and Savla 2018; Challice et al. 2023; Lewis, McCloud, and Callender 2021;…”
Harrison, G., & Gordon, E. (2021) · Counselling and Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1002/capr.12441 · Cited by 18
Viskovich, S., Pakenham, K. I., & Fowler, J. A. (2021) · Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science · doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.10.001 · Cited by 18
Scalora, S. C., Anderson, M. R., Crete, A. A., Mistur, E. J., Chapman, A. L., & Miller, L. (2022) · Mental Health & Prevention · doi:10.1016/j.mhp.2022.200229 · Cited by 17
Mental Health Literacy of University Students in Vietnam and Cambodia
Dessauvagie, A., Dang, H., Truong, T. T. A., Nguyen, T. D., Nguyen, B. H., Cao, H., Kim, S., & Groen, G. (2022) · International Journal of Mental Health Promotion · doi:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.018030 · Cited by 14
Our Brains, Emotions, and Learning: Eight Principles of Trauma-Informed Teaching
Imad, M. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92705-9_3 · Cited by 13
Morissette, S. B., Blessing, A., Russell, P. D., & Hale, W. J. (2023) · Journal of American College Health · doi:10.1080/07448481.2022.2155058 · Cited by 13
“26,27 31 Further, PTSD symptoms are positively associated with more frequent cannabis use and the development of CUD.”
Mali, D., Lim, H.-J., Roberts, M., & Elfakir, A. (2023) · The International Journal of Management Education · doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100853 · Cited by 17
Sanseverino, D., Molinaro, D., Spagnoli, P., & Ghislieri, C. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20156462 · Cited by 18
“This context exacerbated an already difficult situation, considering that mental health issues were already prevalent among university students even prior to the pandemic, with the most common being anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and substance-related disorders [1]; furthermore, the need for mental health and well…”
BackgroundGu, Y., Tao, L., & Zheng, W. X. (2023) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · doi:10.1111/spc3.12872 · Cited by 14
Anxiety and Depression Prevalence in Incoming Division I Collegiate Athletes From 2017 to 2021
Sanfilippo, J. L., Haralsdottir, K., & Watson, A. M. (2023) · Sports Health A Multidisciplinary Approach · doi:10.1177/19417381231198537 · Cited by 13
“Given the increases that have been seen in this age-group in the general population, 3,23 we hypothesized that anxiety and depression levels would increase during the study window.”
Martínez-Líbano, J., & Yeomans‐Cabrera, M. (2023) · Frontiers in Education · doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1293259 · Cited by 18
Modrego‐Alarcón, M., Morillo, H., Campos, D., Navarro-Gil, M. T., Montero‐Marín, J., Monreal‐Bartolomé, A., García‐Campayo, J., & del Hoyo, Y. L. (2023) · Journal of Computing in Higher Education · doi:10.1007/s12528-023-09393-y · Cited by 15
“Another cross-national study involving 8 countries reported that at least one-third of first-year university students screened positive for of one or more of the mental disorders examined in the survey (anxiety, mood or substance disorder) (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Riordan, K. M., Simonsson, O., Frye, C. J., Vack, N. J., Sachs, J., Fitch, D., Goldman, R. I., Chiang, E. S., Dahl, C. J., Davidson, R. J., et al. (2024) · Journal of Counseling Psychology · doi:10.1037/cou0000725 · Cited by 14
Longitudinal study of childhood sleep trajectories and adolescent mental health problems
Touchette, É., Fréchette‐Boilard, G., Petit, D., Geoffroy, M., Pennestri, M., Côté, S. M., Tremblay, R. E., Petitclerc, A., Boivin, M., & Montplaisir, J. Y. (2024) · SLEEP Advances · doi:10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae013 · Cited by 22
“Yet these disorders are prevalent in adolescence [13] and could also be related to childhood sleep problems.”
BackgroundPeterie, M., Ramia, G., Broom, A. F., Choi, I., Brett, M., & Veazey, L. W. (2024) · Australian Journal of Social Issues · doi:10.1002/ajs4.349 · Cited by 13
Engineering professor perceptions of undergraduate engineering student stress
Sanders, J., Johnson, E., Mirabelli, J. F., Kunze, A. J., Vohra, S., & Jensen, K. (2024) · European Journal of Engineering Education · doi:10.1080/03043797.2024.2373754 · Cited by 16
“Previous studies on undergraduate engin-eers’ stress experiences have been primarily quantitative (e.g. Acharya, Jin, and Collins 2018; Auerbach et al. 2018; Danowitz and Beddoes 2020; Deziel et al. 2013; Jensen and Cross 2021; Negi, Khanna, and Aggarwal 2019; Posselt and Lipson 2016; Danowitz and…”
Su, Y.-H., Chen, Z.-H., Teng, Z.-W., Liu, M., Yang, Y., Chen, J.-D., Liu, X., & Huang, J. (2024) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-024-20271-9 · Cited by 15
“Across hundreds of studies, the prevalence rate of mental health problems is up to 35% among college students [1].”
BackgroundHarrer, M., Apolinário-Hagen, J., Fritsche, L., Drüge, M., Krings, L., Beck, K., Salewski, C., Zarski, A., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., et al. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00361 · Cited by 17
Self-citationFarrer, L. M., Gulliver, A., Katruss, N., Bennett, K., Bennett, A., Ali, K., & Griffiths, K. M. (2020) · British Journal of Guidance and Counselling · doi:10.1080/03069885.2020.1729341 · Cited by 19
“Young adults attending university face high age and life-stage related risks for developing mental health problems, with approximately 30-50% of university students meeting criteria for a mental disorder (Auerbach et al., 2018; Eisenberg, Hunt, Speer, & Zivin, 2011; Said, Kypri, & Bowman, 2013).”
BackgroundDekker, I., Schippers, M. C., & van Schooten, E. (2021) · Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness · doi:10.1080/19345747.2023.2231440 · Cited by 28
“Student psychological well-being has become an issue of concern in academia (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Lai, J., Rahmani, A. M., Yunusova, A., Rivera, A. P., Labbaf, S., Hu, S., Dutt, N. D., Jain, R., & Borelli, J. L. (2021) · JMIR Formative Research · doi:10.2196/26186 · Cited by 14
Preexisting Depression and Daytime Sleepiness in Women and Men
Gonsalvez, I., Li, J. J., Stevens, C., Chen, J. A., & Liu, C. H. (2021) · Behavioral Sleep Medicine · doi:10.1080/15402002.2021.1924720 · Cited by 13
“In fact, our rate of lifetime prevalence of 21% is equal to the rate obtained in a recent study showing a 21.2% lifetime prevalence of depression in college students (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
ResultInfluentialGorbeña, S., Marroquín, I. G., Govillard, L., Sarrionandia, S., Macía, P., Penas, P., & Castillo, I. I. (2021) · Psychology and Health · doi:10.1080/08870446.2021.1936520 · Cited by 14
“Taking into account previous international data on the mental health status of college students (Auerbach et al., 2018), and calls for urgent action (El Ansari, 2014), higher education institutions should address an issue that will surely affect academic life in the near future, not only students…”
MethodLi, X., Guo, W., Tang, W., Lv, Q., Zhang, Y., Yu, H., Wang, Q., Deng, W., Zhao, L., Ma, X., et al. (2021) · Depression and Anxiety · doi:10.1002/da.23201 · Cited by 14
“Also, in accord with most prior results, we observed that female, FHMD (Docherty et al., 2017), lower socioeconomic status indicators such as lower family income, 14 and higher level of recent stress (Auerbach et al., 2018) were also independently associated with depression.”
ResultBojanić, I., Sund, E. R., Bjerkeset, O. A., Sivertsen, B., & Sletvold, H. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.717955 · Cited by 13
“Psychological distress is highly prevalent among university and college students worldwide (1) and often has negative effects on several domains of students’ life (2, 3).”
BackgroundIndra, G. H., Radyani, A. M., & Oriza, I. I. D. (2021) · Psychological Research on Urban Society · doi:10.7454/proust.v4i2.100 · Cited by 17
“Moreover, students’ age during the college years is a peak period for the onset of many common mental disorders (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundMcIntyre, E., Oorschot, T., Steel, A., Leach, M., Adams, J., & Harnett, J. (2021) · BMC Health Services Research · doi:10.1186/s12913-021-07162-0 · Cited by 13
“Background Mental health disorders (MHD) are a global health concern, with as many as one in three people worldwide, and one in five Australians, reporting a common MHD (depression, anxiety or substance use disorder) in the past 12 months [1, 2].”
BackgroundJo, D., Spencer, S. D., & Masuda, A. (2022) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-022-01831-9 · Cited by 12
Mélone, M.-A., Tourny, C., Gehlbach, B. K., Schmidt, E. L., Lalevée, M., & L’Hermette, M. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19053098 · Cited by 19
“Mental health disorders (depression, anxiety) have a high prevalence among university students [38].”
BackgroundHernández-García, F., Gómez, O. G., González-Velázquez, V. E., Pedraza-Rodríguez, E. M., Zamora-Fung, R., & Herrera, L. A. L. (2021) · Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (English ed ) · doi:10.1016/j.rcpeng.2021.02.003 · Cited by 13
Highlighting the positive aspects of being a PhD student
Bernery, C., Lusardi, L., Marino, C., Philippe‐Lesaffre, M., Angulo, E., Bonnaud, E., Guéry, L., Manfrini, E., Turbelin, A. J., Albert, C., et al. (2022) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.81075 · Cited by 13
Tureluren, E., Claes, L., & Andriessen, K. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.963839 · Cited by 15
“Students are also vulnerable for developing mental health problems, such as anxiety, mood, and substance abuse disorders, and problems with social functioning (Alonso et al., 2018; Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundProbable depression and its correlates among undergraduate students in Johannesburg, South Africa
Croock, J., Mpinganjira, M. G., Gathoo, K., Bulmer, R., Lautenberg, S., Dlamini, Q., Londani, P., Solontsi, A., Stevens, C., & Francis, J. M. (2023) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1018197 · Cited by 16
López-Olivares, M., Sapp, P. A., Riley, T. M., Kris‐Etherton, P. M., Enrique-Mirón, C., Nestares, T., & Davis, K. M. (2023) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu15183971 · Cited by 13
“One in three college students experience clinically significant mental health issues [38], and rates of mental health problems among college students have increased [39].”
BackgroundThielecke, J., Buntrock, C., Titzler, I., Braun, L., Freund, J., Berking, M., Baumeister, H., & Ebert, D. D. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00125 · Cited by 14
Self-citationEvaluating survey consent to social media linkage in three international health surveys
Mneimneh, Z., McClain, C. A., Bruffaerts, R., & Altwaijri, Y. A. (2020) · Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy · doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.08.007 · Cited by 14
Self-citationReflective peer observations of university teaching: A Canadian case study
Kanuka, H., & Sadowski, C. A. (2020) · Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice · doi:10.53761/1.17.5.20 · Cited by 13
“Similar results were found among 14,000 university students from eight industrialized countries surveyed by the World Health Organization (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
ResultKleiman, E. M., Bentley, K. H., Wacha-Montes, A., Taylor, M. E., Lozy, O., Conti, K., & Reese Mayer, W. (2022) · Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2022.04.008 · Cited by 12
Wang, H., Ding, Y., Dai, Y., Fan, Z., Wen, S., Wang, X., Yuan, J., Wu, Y., & Yu, L. (2025) · Comprehensive Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152591 · Cited by 15
Symptoms of anxiety and depression among health and social science students: A multicenter study
de Pinho, L. G., Engström, M., Schneider, B. C., da Fonseca, C. J. V., Lindberg, M., Schröder, J., Afonso, A., Jelinek, L., Börsting, J., Jacinto, G., et al. (2025) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e41957 · Cited by 13
Núñez-Rodríguez, S., Burgos-González, D., Mínguez-Mínguez, L. A., Menéndez-Vega, F., Antoñanzas-Laborda, J. L., Gonzalez-Bernal, J. J., & González‐Santos, J. (2025) · European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education · doi:10.3390/ejihpe15040049 · Cited by 14
“IGD is characterized by impaired control over gaming, prioritization of gaming over other activities, and significant negative consequences in daily life, including academic, occupational, and social impairments (Auerbach et al., 2018; Jo et al., 2019).”
Effects of Landscape Characteristic Perception of Campus on College Students’ Mental Restoration
Gao, W., Tang, B. M., & Liu, B. (2025) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs15040470 · Cited by 14
“The increased pressure renders them more susceptible to psychological strains like stress, anxiety, mental exhaustion, and depression (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
Nosè, M., Turrini, G., Muriago, G., Badino, M., Cristofalo, D., Sartori, R., Tedeschi, F., & Barbui, C. (2025) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101446 · Cited by 19
Malagodi, F., Findon, J. L., Gardner, B., & Dommett, E. J. (2025) · Journal of College Student Mental Health · doi:10.1080/28367138.2025.2566914 · Cited by 23
Web-based training for post-secondary student well-being during the pandemic: a randomized trial
Wang, Y., & Farb, N. A. S. (2022) · Anxiety Stress & Coping · doi:10.1080/10615806.2022.2079637 · Cited by 15
“Prior to the pandemic, university students had already demonstrated a heightened prevalence of mental health problems (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundPsychological distress among first-year health science students in Taiwan
Chen, N.-H., Liu, L.-M., Liu, H., Hsieh, C., & Tsai, C.-C. (2022) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10121 · Cited by 12
“This will enable the counseling center to identify high-risk populations for professional re-assessment or immediate assistance, particularly given that university mental health resources are typically limited (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundInfluentialRekenyi, V., Garbóczy, S., Szemán-Nagy, A., Al‐Tammemi, A. B., Sayed-Ahmad, M., & Kolozsvári, L. R. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20021502 · Cited by 11
“Previous researchers have found that college students are more likely to have mental health problems [5] and also that the prevalence of depressive symptoms among them is higher than among the general population or non-college students [6].”
BackgroundDeteksi Dini Prevalensi Gangguan Kesehatan Mental Mahasiswa di Perguruan Tinggi
Setyanto, A. T. (2023) · WACANA · doi:10.20961/wacana.v15i1.69548 · Cited by 12
Distress Signals: Age Differences in Psychological Distress before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hale, S., Myerson, J., Strube, M., Green, L., & Lewandowski, A. B. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20043549 · Cited by 12
Backhaus, I., Fitri, M., Esfahani, M., Ngo, H. T., Lin, L.-J., Yamanaka, A., Alhumaid, M. M., Qin, L., Khan, A., Fadzullah, N. ’., et al. (2023) · Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1177/10105395231172311 · Cited by 21
“, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Vietnam) and (2) the association between social support, loneliness, and mental health.”
Astle, S. M., McAllister, P., Spencer, C. M., Rivas‐Koehl, M., Toews, M. L., & Anders, K. M. (2023) · Sexuality Research and Social Policy · doi:10.1007/s13178-023-00830-2 · Cited by 12
“Mental health challenges are common among college students (Auerbach et al., 2018; Kang et al., 2021), with 41% reporting a diagnosis of a mental health disorder at some point in their lives and only 38% reporting positive mental health (Eisenberg et al., 2020).”
Yotsidi, V., Nikolatou, E. K., Κουρκούτας, Η., & Kougioumtzis, G. Α. (2023) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1171225 · Cited by 17
“Taking into account that mental health of university students has become a priority of vital importance that calls for coordinated action (Auerbach et al., 2018), a whole-setting strategy is recommended to further increase the sustainability of students’ mental health and well-being (Seppälä et al.”
BackgroundNaidoo, P., & Oosthuizen, M. (2023) · International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology · doi:10.1007/s41042-023-00129-y · Cited by 16
“In addition, 12-month prevalence rates of 17.2% for suicidal ideation, 8.8% for suicidal plans, and 1.0% for suicide attempts were determined (Mortier et al., 2018).”
InfluentialDougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Kutlaca, M., & Weick, M. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292842 · Cited by 17
Empowering English language learning and mental health using AI and Big data
Long, J., & Lin, J. (2023) · Education and Information Technologies · doi:10.1007/s10639-023-12267-6 · Cited by 12
“K-means is widely used in financial studies and other fields due to its ease of use and good effect (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
The challenges of mental health in Chilean university students
Valenzuela, F. E. B. (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1297402 · Cited by 19
Dagani, J., Buizza, C., Cela, H., Sbravati, G., Rainieri, G., & Ghilardi, A. (2024) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm13092626 · Cited by 18
Napier, A. D., Slemp, G. R., & Vella‐Brodrick, D. (2024) · Emerging Adulthood · doi:10.1177/21676968241252196 · Cited by 15
“Research has found that, in young adults, more external and introjected motivation for studying is associated with experiencing lower well-being (Howard et al., 2021) and a higher risk of mental disorders (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
BackgroundAitken, H. G. W., Rabanal-León, H. C., Saldaña-Bocanegra, J. C., Yuncor, N. R. C., & Rondon-Eusebio, R. F. (2024) · Education Sciences · doi:10.3390/educsci14070739 · Cited by 19
Mobach, L., Wolters, N. E., Klein, A. M., Koelen, J. A., Vonk, P., der Heijde, C. M. V., Wuthrich, V. M., Rapee, R. M., & Wiers, R. W. H. J. (2024) · Scandinavian Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/sjop.13056 · Cited by 15
Schaab, B. L., Cunha, L. F., Silveira, D. C., da Silva, P. C., Ballejos, K. G., Diaz, G. B., Kaiser, V., Calvetti, P. Ü., Cazella, S. C., Barros, H. M. T., et al. (2024) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1414948 · Cited by 16
Zhong, T. (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1442632 · Cited by 20
Thriving… or Just Surviving? Autistic Journeys in Higher Education
Horlin, C., Almond, K., Bowen, A., & Robertson, A. (2024) · Current Psychiatry Reports · doi:10.1007/s11920-024-01560-x · Cited by 13
Rentería, R., Andersson, C. R., Bendtsen, M., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R. P., Bantjes, J. R., Baumeister, H., Berman, A. H., Bootsma, E., Bruffaerts, R., et al. (2025) · Journal of Psychiatric Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.04.021 · Cited by 12
Self-citationStudent mental health and well-being: are universities doing enough?
Barrett, D., & Twycross, A. M. (2020) · Evidence-Based Nursing · doi:10.1136/ebnurs-2020-103263 · Cited by 12
Shillington, K. J., Johnson, A. M., Mantler, T., & Irwin, J. D. (2020) · International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology · doi:10.1007/s41042-020-00036-6 · Cited by 12
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Group Format for College Students
Christodoulou, V., Flaxman, P. E., & Lloyd, J. (2021) · Journal of College Counseling · doi:10.1002/jocc.12192 · Cited by 12
Giner-Murillo, M., Atienza-Carbonell, B., Cervera-Martínez, J., Bobes-Bascarán, T., Crespo‐Facorro, B., Boni, R. B. D., Esteban, C., García‐Portilla, M. P., Gomes‐da‐Costa, S., González-Pinto, A. M., et al. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18158133 · Cited by 12
“Prior to the pandemic, substantial evidence supports that undergraduate students have higher rates of anxiety than the general population [31].”
BackgroundUsing rich data to inform student mental health practice and policy
Broglia, E., Bewick, B. M., & Barkham, M. (2021) · Counselling and Psychotherapy Research · doi:10.1002/capr.12470 · Cited by 12
Yang, E. J., & Shim, E. (2022) · Archives of Suicide Research · doi:10.1080/13811118.2022.2039337 · Cited by 12
“Based on these previous findings, the greater suicide risk in female students observed in this study may be partially related to their increased vulnerability to mental disorders such as depression (Auerbach et al., 2018), which, in turn, increases the suicide risk (Kisch, Leino, & Silverman, 2005).”
ResultInvestigating the Usability of Voice Assistant-Based CBT for Age-Related Depression
Striegl, J., Gotthardt, M., Loitsch, C., & Weber, G. (2022) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_50 · Cited by 12
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students
Au, C., Drolet, J., Kaushik, V., Charles, G., Franco, M., Henton, J., Hirning, M., McConnell, S. M., Nicholas, D. B., Nickerson, A., et al. (2023) · Journal of Social Work · doi:10.1177/14680173231162499 · Cited by 13
“…disorders are widespread among university students and have been found to be associated with impairment in academic performance, role impairment in different domains, university career problems, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (Alonso et al., 2018; Auerbach et al., 2018; Pace & Quinn, 2000).”
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“, 2010b), as well as general findings on increased psychological vulnerability in female university students (Auerbach et al., 2018; Sheldon et al., 2021).”
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“The college years are the peak period for mental health problems, and approximately three-quarters of all mental disorders occur during this period (Tabor et al., 2021), of which depression is the most prevalent (Auerbach et al., 2018).”
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“The academic stress and new responsibilities faced by these undergraduates as they transition into adulthood make them more vulnerable to mental health challenges [15,16].”
Background
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
- Citations by year
- 2026: 410 · 2025: 396 · 2024: 387 · 2023: 369 · 2022: 319 · 2021: 372 · 2020: 183 · 2019: 74 · 2018: 9
- FWCI
- 216.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
- Ulster University Research Portal (Ulster University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- 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
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