TY - JOUR
T1 - Variations in Student Mental Health and Treatment Utilization Across US Colleges and Universities
AU - Ketchen Lipson, Sarah
AU - Gaddis, S. Michael
AU - Heinze, Justin
AU - Beck, Kathryn
AU - Eisenberg, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/8/18
Y1 - 2015/8/18
N2 - On US college campuses, mental health problems are highly prevalent, appear to be increasing, and are often untreated. Concerns about student mental health are well documented, but little is known about potential variations across the diversity of institutions of higher education. Participants: Participants were 43,210 undergraduates at 72 campuses that participated in the Healthy Minds Study from 2007 to 2013. Methods: Multivariable logistic regressions focus on associations between institutional characteristics and student mental health and treatment utilization. Results: The following institutional characteristics are associated with worse mental health: doctoral-granting, public, large enrollment, nonresidential, less competitive, and lower graduation rates. Among students with apparent mental health problems, treatment utilization is higher at doctorate-granting institutions, baccalaureate colleges, institutions with small enrollments, and schools with strong residential systems. Conclusions: Although high rates of mental health problems and low treatment utilization are major concerns at all types of institutions of higher education, substantial variation occurs across campuses.
AB - On US college campuses, mental health problems are highly prevalent, appear to be increasing, and are often untreated. Concerns about student mental health are well documented, but little is known about potential variations across the diversity of institutions of higher education. Participants: Participants were 43,210 undergraduates at 72 campuses that participated in the Healthy Minds Study from 2007 to 2013. Methods: Multivariable logistic regressions focus on associations between institutional characteristics and student mental health and treatment utilization. Results: The following institutional characteristics are associated with worse mental health: doctoral-granting, public, large enrollment, nonresidential, less competitive, and lower graduation rates. Among students with apparent mental health problems, treatment utilization is higher at doctorate-granting institutions, baccalaureate colleges, institutions with small enrollments, and schools with strong residential systems. Conclusions: Although high rates of mental health problems and low treatment utilization are major concerns at all types of institutions of higher education, substantial variation occurs across campuses.
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2015.1040411
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2015.1040411
M3 - Article
C2 - 25942473
AN - SCOPUS:84939490896
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 63
SP - 388
EP - 396
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 6
ER -