Mental disorders among Spanish university students: a longitudinal study

The objectives were to estimate the frequency of mental disorders among Spanish university students, their association with role impairment and the use of treatment. Also, to identify risk and protective factors. The thesis is based on the UNIVERSAL project (2,118 first-year university students comp...

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Autor: Ballester Coma, Laura
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/672295
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672295
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Trastorns mentals
Trastornos mentales
Mental disorders
Discapacitat
Discapacidad
Role impairment
Estudiants universitaris
Estudiantes universitarios
University students
Enquestes en línia
Encuestas en línea
Online surveys
Epidemiologia
Epidemiología
Epidemiology
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Sumario:The objectives were to estimate the frequency of mental disorders among Spanish university students, their association with role impairment and the use of treatment. Also, to identify risk and protective factors. The thesis is based on the UNIVERSAL project (2,118 first-year university students completed the baseline online survey and 1,253 completed at least 40% of the 12-month follow-up survey). The online measures had an adequate agreement with the MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The 12-month prevalence of any mental disorder was 35.7%. Twelve-month mental disorders were associated with role impairment (29.2%); only 12.6% of students with mental disorder received mental health treatment in the last year. At the 12-month follow-up, the first onset of major depressive episode and/or generalized anxiety disorder (MDE-GAD) was 13.3%; and persistence (among those with MDE-GAD at baseline) was 46.7%. Factors associated with MDE-GAD were prior suicidal ideation and lifetime symptoms of MDE and GAD