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

Auerbach, Randy P; Alonso, Jordi; Axinn, William G; Cuijpers, Pim; Ebert, David D; Green, Jennifer G; Hwang, Irving; Kessler, Ronald C; Liu, Hui; Mortier, Philippe; Nock, Matthew K; Pinder-Amaker, Stephanie; Sampson, Nancy A; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Andrade, Laura; Benjet, Corina; Caldas-de-Almeida, JM; Demyttenaere, Koen; Florescu, Silvia; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Karam, Elie G; Kiejna, A; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lee, Sing; McGrath, John J; O'Neill, Siobhan; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Scott, Kate; Ten Have, Margreet; Torres, Y; Zaslavsky, Alan M; Zarkov, Z; Bruffaerts, Ronny

doi:10.1017/S0033291716001665

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

Author:

Auerbach, Randy P

Alonso, Jordi ; Axinn, William G ; Cuijpers, Pim ; Ebert, David D ; Green, Jennifer G ; Hwang, Irving ; Kessler, Ronald C ; Liu, Hui ; Mortier, Philippe ; Nock, Matthew K ; Pinder-Amaker, Stephanie ; Sampson, Nancy A ; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio ; Al-Hamzawi, Ali ; Andrade, Laura ; Benjet, Corina ; Caldas-de-Almeida, JM ; Demyttenaere, Koen ; Florescu, Silvia ; de Girolamo, Giovanni ; Gureje, Oye ; Haro, Josep Maria ; Karam, Elie G ; Kiejna, A ; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane ; Lee, Sing ; McGrath, John J ; O'Neill, Siobhan ; Pennell, Beth-Ellen ; Scott, Kate ; Ten Have, Margreet ; Torres, Y ; Zaslavsky, Alan M ; Zarkov, Z ; Bruffaerts, Ronny

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychology, Clinical, Psychiatry, Psychology, College attrition, college dropout, education, epidemiology, mental illness, MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS, EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT, SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS, UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS, RISK-FACTORS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, INTERVENTIONS, CONSEQUENCES, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Global Health, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Students, Universities, World Health Organization, Young Adult, 1109 Neurosciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology, 3202 Clinical sciences, 5202 Biological psychology, 5203 Clinical and health psychology

Abstract:

Although mental disorders are significant predictors of educational attainment throughout the entire educational career, most research on mental disorders among students has focused on the primary and secondary school years.