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Mental disorders in Spanish university students: Prevalence, age-of-onset, severe role impairment and mental health treatment.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:The university period carries risk for onset of common mental disorders. Epidemiological knowledge on mental disorders among Spanish university students is limited. AIMS:To estimate lifetime and 12-month prevalence, persistence and age-of-onset of mental disorders among Spanish first-year university students, as well as associated role impairment and mental health treatment use. METHODS:First-year university students (N=2,118; 55.4% female; mean age=18.8 years) from five Spanish universities completed a web-based survey, screening possible DSM-IV mental disorders (major depressive episode(MDE), mania/hypomania, generalized anxiety disorder(GAD), panic disorder(PD), alcohol abuse/dependence(AUD), drug abuse/dependence(DUD), and adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD)). Role impairment and treatment associated with mental disorders were assessed. RESULTS:Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of any possible mental disorder was 41.3%(SE=1.08) and 35.7%(SE=1.05), respectively. Persistence (i.e., ratio of 12-month to lifetime prevalence) was 86.4%(SE=1.58). Median age-of-onset was 14 for adult ADHD, 15 for mood disorders and AUD, and 16 for anxiety disorders and DUD. One third (29.2%) of 12-month disorders were associated with role impairment. Twelve-month PD (OR=4.0;95%CI=1.9-8.5) had the highest odds for role impairment. Only 12.6% of students with 12-month disorder received any mental health treatment. Twelve-month treatment was the highest among those students with 12-month GAD (OR=7.4;95%CI=3.7-14.8). LIMITATIONS:The assessment of mental disorders was based on self-reports. Cross-sectional nature of the data prevents causal associations. CONCLUSION:One third of Spanish university students report a common mental disorder in the past year, and one third of those report severe role impairment. Only one out of eight students with 12-month mental disorders receives mental health treatment.

journal_name

J Affect Disord

journal_title

Journal of affective disorders

authors

Ballester L,Alayo I,Vilagut G,Almenara J,Cebrià AI,Echeburúa E,Gabilondo A,Gili M,Lagares C,Piqueras JA,Roca M,Soto-Sanz V,Blasco MJ,Castellví P,Mortier P,Bruffaerts R,Auerbach RP,Nock MK,Kessler RC,Jordi A,UNIVER

doi

10.1016/j.jad.2020.04.050

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-01 00:00:00

pages

604-613

eissn

0165-0327

issn

1573-2517

pii

S0165-0327(20)30627-3

journal_volume

273

pub_type

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Mental disorders in Spanish university students: Prevalence, age-of-onset, severe role impairment and mental health treatment.