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The mental health of university students in the United Kingdom.
- Source :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling; Aug2013, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p426-441, 16p, 1 Chart, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- There are increasing concerns globally about the mental health of students. In the UK, the actual incidence of mental disturbance is unknown, although university counselling services report increased referrals. This study assesses the levels of mental illness in undergraduate students to examine whether widening participation in education has resulted in increases as hypothesised by the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists. Patterns of disturbance across years are compared to identify where problems arise. Students (N=1197) completed the General Health Questionnaire-28 either on the first day at university or midway through the academic year for first, second and third year students. Rates of mental illness in students equalled those of the general population but only 5.1% were currently receiving treatment. Second year students reported the most significant increases in psychiatric symptoms. Factors contributing to the problem are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology
COMPETENCY assessment (Law)
COLLEGE students
ANALYSIS of variance
AUTOMATIC data collection systems
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
MENTAL depression
MULTIVARIATE analysis
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
DISEASE incidence
CROSS-sectional method
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03069885
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89600592
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2012.743110