TY - JOUR
T1 - Lifetime and 12‐month treatment for mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first year college students
AU - Bruffaerts, R
AU - Mortier, Philippe
AU - Auerbach, RP
AU - Alonso, J
AU - Hermosillo De la Torre, Alicia
AU - Cuijpers, Pim
AU - Demyttenaere, Koen
AU - Ebert, David
AU - Greif Green, Jennifer
AU - Hasking, Penelope
AU - Stein, Dan
AU - Ennis, Edel
AU - Nock , Matthew
AU - Pinder-Amaker, Stephanie
AU - Sampson, Nancy
AU - Vilagut, Gemma
AU - Zaslavsky, Alan
AU - Kessler, Ronald
AU - WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators
PY - 2019/5/15
Y1 - 2019/5/15
N2 - Objectives: Mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) are common and burdensome among college students. Although available evidence suggests that only a small proportion of the students with these conditions receive treatment, broad-based data on patterns of treatment are lacking. The aim of this study is to examine the receipt of mental health treatment among college students cross-nationally. Methods: Web-based self-report surveys were obtained from 13,984 first year students from 19 colleges in eight countries across the world as part of the World Health Organization's World Mental Health–International College Student Initiative. The survey assessed lifetime and 12-month common mental disorders/STB and treatment of these conditions. Results: Lifetime and 12-month treatment rates were very low, with estimates of 25.3–36.3% for mental disorders and 29.5–36.1% for STB. Treatment was positively associated with STB severity. However, even among severe cases, lifetime and 12-month treatment rates were never higher than 60.0% and 45.1%, respectively. Conclusions: High unmet need for treatment of mental disorders and STB exists among college students. In order to resolve the problem of high unmet need, a reallocation of resources may focus on innovative, low-threshold, inexpensive, and scalable interventions.
AB - Objectives: Mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) are common and burdensome among college students. Although available evidence suggests that only a small proportion of the students with these conditions receive treatment, broad-based data on patterns of treatment are lacking. The aim of this study is to examine the receipt of mental health treatment among college students cross-nationally. Methods: Web-based self-report surveys were obtained from 13,984 first year students from 19 colleges in eight countries across the world as part of the World Health Organization's World Mental Health–International College Student Initiative. The survey assessed lifetime and 12-month common mental disorders/STB and treatment of these conditions. Results: Lifetime and 12-month treatment rates were very low, with estimates of 25.3–36.3% for mental disorders and 29.5–36.1% for STB. Treatment was positively associated with STB severity. However, even among severe cases, lifetime and 12-month treatment rates were never higher than 60.0% and 45.1%, respectively. Conclusions: High unmet need for treatment of mental disorders and STB exists among college students. In order to resolve the problem of high unmet need, a reallocation of resources may focus on innovative, low-threshold, inexpensive, and scalable interventions.
KW - affective disorders
KW - anxiety
KW - college students
KW - health service
KW - suicide
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UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/lifetime-and-12month-treatment-for-mental-disorders-and-suicidal-
U2 - 10.1002/mpr.1764
DO - 10.1002/mpr.1764
M3 - Article
C2 - 30663193
SN - 1049-8931
VL - 28
JO - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
JF - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
IS - 2
M1 - e1764
ER -
