Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

BACKGROUND: Although mental disorders are significant predictors of educational attainment throughout the entire educational career, most research on mental disorders among students has focused on the primary and secondary school years. METHOD: The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surve...

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Autores: Auerbach, Randy P., Alonso, Jordi, Axinn, William G., Cuijpers, Pim, Ebert, David D., Green, Jennifer G., Hwang, Irving, Kessler, Ronald C., Liu, Howard, Mortier, Philippe, Nock, Matthew K., Pinder-Amaker, Stephanie, Sampson, Nancy A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid, Andrade, Laura Helena, Benjet, Corina, Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel, Demyttenaere, Koen, Florescu, Silvia E., Girolamo, Giovanni de, Gureje, Oye, Haro Abad, Josep Maria, Karam, Elie Georges, Kiejna, Andrzej, Kovess-Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, McGrath, John J., O'Neill, Siobhan, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Scott, Kate M. (Kate Margaret), 1960-, Have, Margreet ten, Torres, Yolanda, Zaslavsky, Alan M., Zarkov, Zahari, Bruffaerts, Ronny
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/111704
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/111704
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Malalties mentals
Epidemiologia
Estudiants universitaris
Entorn universitari
Mental illness
Epidemiology
College students
College environment
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Although mental disorders are significant predictors of educational attainment throughout the entire educational career, most research on mental disorders among students has focused on the primary and secondary school years. METHOD: The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys were used to examine the associations of mental disorders with college entry and attrition by comparing college students (n = 1572) and non-students in the same age range (18-22 years; n = 4178), including non-students who recently left college without graduating (n = 702) based on surveys in 21 countries (four low/lower-middle income, five upper-middle-income, one lower-middle or upper-middle at the times of two different surveys, and 11 high income). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence and age-of-onset of DSM-IV anxiety, mood, behavioral and substance disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). RESULTS: One-fifth (20.3%) of college students had 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI disorders; 83.1% of these cases had pre-matriculation onsets. Disorders with pre-matriculation onsets were more important than those with post-matriculation onsets in predicting subsequent college attrition, with substance disorders and, among women, major depression the most important such disorders. Only 16.4% of students with 12-month disorders received any 12-month healthcare treatment for their mental disorders. CONCLUSIONS: Mental disorders are common among college students, have onsets that mostly occur prior to college entry, in the case of pre-matriculation disorders are associated with college attrition, and are typically untreated. Detection and effective treatment of these disorders early in the college career might reduce attrition and improve educational and psychosocial functioning.

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