CORE-OM mental health norms of students attending university counselling services benchmarked against an age-matched primary care sample

Connell, Janice; Barkham, Michael; Mellor-Clark, John

doi:10.1080/03069880601106781

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CORE-OM mental health norms of students attending university counselling services benchmarked against an age-matched primary care sample

Connell, Janice, Barkham, Michael, Mellor-Clark, John·2007·British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

DOI 10.1080/03069880601106781

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Whilst concern has been expressed at the increasing severity of the mental health of students, there has been very little research on this growing population outside of small, single institution studies. The aims of this paper are to provide CORE Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) norms for the psychological health of students across multiple sites receiving university counselling, and benchmark these against an age-matched sample of people receiving treatment in NHS primary care settings. Results indicate that students using university counselling services show severity levels only marginally lower than young people presenting in primary care, with the differences being at a functional/relationship rather than a symptomatic level and with levels of risk to self being similar. This suggests that university counselling services deliver a service to people who closely resemble NHS primary care clients in terms of severity and risk to self.

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The level of mental health problems among third-level students was estimated to continue to rise as a result of stressors such as financial concerns, pressures to excel in their studies, and meeting ever increasing social and personal expectations.
“According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) in the UK (2003), the level of mental health problems among third-level students was estimated to continue to rise as a result of stressors such as financial concerns, pressures to excel in their studies, and meeting ever increasing social and personal expectations (Connell et al., 2007; Houghton et al., 2012).”
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Authors: Connell, J., Barkham, M., & Mellor-Clark, J.
Affiliations: University of Leeds (GB)
ORCID: Connell, Janice
Barkham, Michael
Venue: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2007-02
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Pages: 41-57
ISSN: 0306-9885 (ISSN-L)
1469-3534
DOI: 10.1080/03069880601106781
OpenAlex: W2099577799
Cited by: 78
References: 30
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 5.59
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords: student mental health, university counseling services, core outcome measures, benchmarking, primary care, self-harm risk, functional disability, relationship problems, youth

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