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To examine the prevalence, age-of-onset, and treatment rates of mental disorders among college students and evaluate their association with college entrance and subsequent dropout.

August 3, 2016Psychological MedicineOpen Access

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

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RARandy P. AuerbachNew York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute JAJordi AlonsoUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 WAWilliam G. AxinnInstitute for Social Research

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Epidemiological survey reveals that untreated pre-matriculation mental disorders predict college attrition across 21 countries, highlighting the need for early campus mental health interventions.

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To examine the prevalence, age-of-onset, and treatment rates of mental disorders among college students and evaluate their association with college entrance and subsequent dropout.
Analyzed data from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys across 21 countries representing low-, middle-, and high-income regions.
Compared college students (n = 1572) with non-students aged 18–22 years (n = 4178), including individuals who left college without graduating (n = 702).
Assessed lifetime and 12-month prevalence and age-of-onset for DSM-IV anxiety, mood, behavioral, and substance disorders using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).
A 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI disorder was present in 20.3% of college students, with 83.1% of these cases having onsets prior to college matriculation.
Disorders beginning prior to matriculation predicted subsequent college attrition more strongly than post-matriculation disorders, with substance use disorders overall and major depression among women serving as the strongest predictors.
Only 16.4% of college students meeting criteria for a 12-month disorder received any mental healthcare treatment within that year.

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Auerbach et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cd992d47830742b91ae29 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291716001665

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Epidemiological survey reveals that untreated pre-matriculation mental disorders predict college attrition across 21 countries, highlighting the need for early campus mental health interventions.

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

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