Mental health need of students at entry to university: Baseline findings from the U-Flourish Student Well-Being and Academic Success Study
Mental health need of students at entry to university: Baseline findings from the U-Flourish Student Well-Being and Academic Success Study
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10.1111/eip.12939
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发表时间：
2021-04-01
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2
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Duffy, Anne
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作者：
King, Nathan;Pickett, William;Duffy, Anne
目的过渡到大学是与独特的压力源，并符合发病的精神疾病的风险高峰期。我们在这一分析的目的是估计学生在进入加拿大主要university.Methods的心理健康需求的学生为主导的参与活动后，所有一年级的学生被送往心理健康调查，其中包括验证常见的精神疾病的症状评定量表。报告了按性别分层的自我报告终生精神疾病、当前临床显著症状和治疗的发生率。不接受治疗的可能性，这些症状和/或终身disorders.Results百分之五十八的所有一年级学生（n = 3029）完成了基线调查，其中28%的人报告了终身精神障碍。此外，30%的学生筛查焦虑症状阳性，28%的学生筛查抑郁症状阳性，18%的学生筛查睡眠问题阳性，相关损害率高（约等于45%）。只有8.5%的学生表示目前正在接受任何形式的治疗。女性更有可能报告终身诊断，焦虑和抑郁症状以及目前的治疗。超过25%的学生报告了一生的自杀想法和6%的自杀企图。目前每周狂饮（25%）和大麻的使用（11%）是常见的，特别是在男性。结论有有限的系统收集的数据描述的心理健康需求的年轻人在进入大学。这项研究的结果强调了及时识别重大心理健康问题的重要性，作为有效的学生心理健康护理的积极主动的系统的一部分。
Aim Transition to university is associated with unique stressors and coincides with the peak period of risk for onset of mental illness. Our objective in this analysis was to estimate the mental health need of students at entry to a major Canadian university.Methods After a student-led engagement campaign, all first year students were sent a mental health survey, which included validated symptom rating scales for common mental disorders. Rates of self-reported lifetime mental illness, current clinically significant symptoms and treatment stratified by gender are reported. The likelihood of not receiving treatment among those symptomatic and/or with lifetime disorders was estimated.Results Fifty-eight per cent of all first-year students (n = 3029) completed the baseline survey, of which 28% reported a lifetime mental disorder. Moreover, 30% of students screened positive for anxiety symptoms, 28% for depressive symptoms, and 18% for sleep problems with high rates ( approximately equal to 45%) of associated impairment. Only 8.5% of students indicated currently receiving any form of treatment. Females were more likely to report a lifetime diagnosis, anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as current treatment. Over 25% of students reported lifetime suicidal thoughts and 6% suicide attempt(s). Current weekly binge drinking (25%) and cannabis use (11%) were common, especially in males.Conclusions There is limited systematically collected data describing the mental health needs of young people at entry to university. Findings of this study underscore the importance of timely identification of significant mental health problems as part of a proactive system of effective student mental health care.