Trends in Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and Suicide-Related Outcomes Among U.S. Undergraduates, 2007–2018: Evidence From Two National Surveys

Past work has evidenced increased utilization of mental health services on college campuses, as well as rising rates of mood and suicide-related pathology in adolescents and young adults in recent years. We examined whether such findings are reflective of large-scale, nationwide trends in college st...

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Vydáno v:Journal of adolescent health Ročník 65; číslo 5; s. 590 - 598
Hlavní autoři: Duffy, Mary E., Twenge, Jean M., Joiner, Thomas E.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2019
Elsevier BV
Témata:
Adolescents
Adults
Anger
Anxiety
Campuses
College student
College students
Depression
Disorders
Emotions
Health services utilization
Injuries
Mental depression
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health services
Mood disorder
Pathology
Polls & surveys
Self destructive behavior
Self injury
Self report
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
Suicide attempt
Suicides & suicide attempts
Trends
Undergraduate students
Young adults
United States > US
Mood disorder
Self-injury
College student
Depression
Anxiety
Trends
Suicide
Suicidal ideation
Suicide attempt
ISSN:1054-139X, 1879-1972, 1879-1972
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Shrnutí:Past work has evidenced increased utilization of mental health services on college campuses, as well as rising rates of mood and suicide-related pathology in adolescents and young adults in recent years. We examined whether such findings are reflective of large-scale, nationwide trends in college student mental health in the past decade. We examined trends in mood, anxiety, and suicide-related outcomes among U.S. college students from 2007 to 2018 across two large national datasets: (1) the National College Health Assessment (n = 610,543; mean age = 21.25 years; 67.7% female; and 72.0% white) and (2) the Healthy Minds Study (n = 177,692; 86% students aged 18–22 years; 57% female; and 74% white). Participants, randomly selected by their educational institution, completed self-report measures of past-year mood, anxiety, nonsuicidal self-injury, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. In both samples, rates of depression, anxiety, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts markedly increased over the assessed years, with rates doubling over the period in many cases. Anger, low flourishing, and suicide plans, each assessed in only one dataset, also exhibited upward trends. Findings demonstrate a broad worsening of mental health among U.S. college students over the past decade, a concerning result meriting further attention and intervention.
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ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.033