Student mental health profiles and barriers to help seeking: When and why students seek help for a mental health concern
Student mental health profiles and barriers to help seeking: When and why students seek help for a mental health concern
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DOI：
10.1002/capr.12462
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发表时间：
2021-09-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Barkham, Michael
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作者：
Broglia, Emma;Millings, Abigail;Barkham, Michael
背景资料：高等教育中的学生心理健康状况需要采取预防性策略，以维持日常功能，并对心理健康不良事件进行早期干预。作为一个社区，这需要捕捉学生在一般大学人口的需求，以及那些使用咨询和心理健康service.Aims：这项横断面研究旨在了解学生在一般大学人口的心理健康状况，并确定寻求帮助的障碍。方法：来自英国五所大学的1,956名学生完成了一份在线问卷，其中包括CCAPS-34和关于他们心理健康问题和寻求帮助意图的开放式问题。采用混合因子方差分析和事后简单效应分析探讨了心理健康状况。寻求帮助的行为和意图，确定使用概念内容analysis.Results：不同的心理健康档案出现跨院系和寻求帮助的行为。内容分析确定了学生的求助经验，意图，偏好和barriers.Conclusions：表征的心理健康状况的学生以外的支持服务，以及他们的障碍寻求帮助，提供了丰富的理解，为塑造预防政策和服务提供。这样做将在学生需要临床干预之前满足他们的心理健康需求。
Background: The student mental health landscape in higher education requires preventative strategies that maintain daily functioning as well as early intervention to respond to episodes of mental ill-health. As a community, this requires capturing the needs of students in the general university population as well as those using counselling and psychological wellbeing services.Aims: This cross-sectional study aimed to characterise the mental health profile of students in the general university population and identify barriers to help seeking.Methods: A total of 1,956 students from five UK universities completed an online questionnaire comprising the CCAPS-34 and open-ended questions about their mental health concerns and intentions to seek help. Mental health profiles were explored using mixed factorial ANOVAs and post hoc simple effect analyses. Help-seeking behaviours and intentions were identified using conceptual content analysis.Results: Distinctive mental health profiles emerged across faculties and help-seeking behaviours. Content analysis identified students' help-seeking experiences, intentions, preferences and barriers.Conclusions: Characterising the mental health profile of students outside of support services, as well as their barriers to seeking help, provides a rich understanding for shaping preventative policies and service provision. Doing so will respond to student mental health needs before they require clinical intervention.