Prevalence, age-of-onset, and course of mental disorders among 72,288 first-year university students from 18 countries in the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.02.016
dc.creatorMason, Andre
dc.creatorRapsey, Charlene
dc.creatorSampson, Nancy
dc.creatorLee, Sue
dc.creatorAlbor, Yesica
dc.creatorAl-Hadi, Ahmad N.
dc.creatorAlonso, Jordi
dc.creatorAl-Saud, Nouf
dc.creatorAltwaijri, Yasmin
dc.creatorAndersson, Claes
dc.creatorAtwoli, Lukoye
dc.creatorAuerbach, Randy P.
dc.creatorAyuya, Caroline
dc.creatorBáez-Mansur, Patricia M.
dc.creatorBallester, Laura
dc.creatorBantjes, Jason
dc.creatorBaumeister, Harald
dc.creatorBendtsen, Marcus
dc.creatorBenjet, Corina
dc.creatorBerman, Anne H.
dc.creatorBootsma, Erik
dc.creatorChan, Silver C.N.
dc.creatorCohut, Irina
dc.creatorCovarrubias Díaz Couder, María Anabell
dc.creatorCuijpers, Pim
dc.creatorDavid, Oana
dc.creatorDong, Dong
dc.creatorEbert, David D.
dc.creatorNobrega, Mireia Felez
dc.creatorGaete, Jorge
dc.creatorForero, Carlos García
dc.creatorGili, Margalida
dc.creatorGutiérrez-García, Raúl
dc.creatorHaro, Josep Maria
dc.creatorHasking, Penelope
dc.creatorHudec, Kristen
dc.creatorHunt, Xanthe
dc.creatorHurks, Petra
dc.creatorHusky, Mathilde
dc.creatorJaguga, Florence
dc.creatorJansen, Leontien
dc.creatorKählke, Fanny
dc.creatorKlinkenberg, Elisabeth
dc.creatorKüchler, Ann Marie
dc.creatorLanger, Álvaro I.
dc.creatorLéniz, Irene
dc.creatorLiu, Yan
dc.creatorMac-Ginty, Scarlett
dc.creatorMartínez, Vania
dc.creatorMathai, Muthoni
dc.creatorMcLafferty, Margaret
dc.creatorMiranda-Mendizabal, Andrea
dc.creatorMurray, Elaine
dc.creatorMusyoka, Catherine M.
dc.creatorNedelcea, Catalin
dc.creatorNgai, Chun Ho
dc.creatorNúñez, Daniel
dc.creatorO'Neill, Siobhan
dc.creatorPiqueras, Jose A.
dc.creatorPopescu, Codruta A.
dc.creatorRobinson, Kealagh
dc.creatorRodriguez-Jimenez, Tiscar
dc.creatorScarf, Damian
dc.creatorSiu, Oi Ling
dc.creatorStein, Dan J.
dc.creatorStruijs, Sascha Y.
dc.creatorTomoiaga, Cristina
dc.creatorValdés-García, Karla Patricia
dc.creatorvan Luenen, Sanne
dc.creatorVigo, Daniel V.
dc.creatorWang, Angel Y.
dc.creatorWiers, Reinout
dc.creatorWong, Samuel Y.S.
dc.creatorKessler, Ronald C.
dc.creatorBruffaerts, Ronny
dc.creatorLima, Rodrigo Antunes
dc.creatorBreet, Elsie
dc.creatorGarnefski, Nadia
dc.creatorJacobs, Karen
dc.creatorKraaij, Vivian
dc.creatorMunro, Lonna
dc.creatorMunthali, Richard J.
dc.creatorPrescivalli, Ana Paula
dc.creatorRebagliato, Marisa
dc.creatorRoca, Miquel
dc.creatorSalemink, Elske
dc.creatorvan der Heijde, Claudia
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:55:50Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:55:50Z
dc.description<p>Background: The college years are a developmentally sensitive period for mental disorder onset. Reliable epidemiological data are critical for informing public health responses. This study aimed to estimate prevalence and socio-demographic distributions of common DSM-5 mental disorders among first-year university students from 77 universities across 18 countries. Methods: Data were collected 2017–2023 in the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative with n = 72,288 university students. Online surveys assessed alcohol use, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, bipolar, drug use, generalized anxiety, major depression, panic, and post-traumatic stress disorders with validated screening scales. Socio-demographics included student age, sex at birth, gender modality, sexual orientation, and parent education. Results: The weighted mean response rate was 20.8%. Data were calibrated for differential response rates by sex at birth and age. 65.2% of respondents screened positive for lifetime mental disorders and 57.4% for 12-month mental disorders. Females had higher prevalence of internalizing disorders and males of substance and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Older age was associated with lower prevalence of most 12-month but not lifetime mental disorders. Non-heterosexual sexual orientation and identifying as transgender were associated with highest prevalence of most mental disorders. Parent education was for the most part uncorrelated with prevalence. Conclusions: Although prevalence might have been overestimated due to the low response rate and possible screening scale miscalibration, results nonetheless suggest that mental disorders are highly prevalent among first-year university students worldwide and are widely distributed with respect to socio-demographic characteristics. These findings highlight the need to implement effective interventions to better support first-year university student mental health.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/b647fec1-d659-48d2-9c4c-1f87efa66db2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/59472
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.183 (2025) p.225-236
dc.subjectCollege students
dc.subjectMental disorders
dc.subjectWMH-ICS
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titlePrevalence, age-of-onset, and course of mental disorders among 72,288 first-year university students from 18 countries in the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiativeeng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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