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    Severe role impairment associated with mental disorders: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project

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    Alonso, J.
    Mortier, P.
    Auerbach, R.
    Bruffaerts, R.
    Vilagut, G.
    Cuijpers, P.
    Demyttenaere, K.
    Ebert, D.
    Ennis, E.
    Gutiérrez-García, R.
    Green, J.
    Hasking, Penelope
    Lochner, C.
    Nock, M.
    Pinder-Amaker, S.
    Sampson, N.
    Zaslavsky, A.
    Kessler, R.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Alonso, J. and Mortier, P. and Auerbach, R. and Bruffaerts, R. and Vilagut, G. and Cuijpers, P. and Demyttenaere, K. et al. 2018. Severe role impairment associated with mental disorders: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project. Depression and Anxiety.
    Source Title
    Depression and Anxiety
    DOI
    10.1002/da.22778
    ISSN
    1091-4269
    School
    School of Psychology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68837
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    © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., a Wiley company. Background: College entrance is a stressful period with a high prevalence of mental disorders. Aims: To assess the role impairment associated with 12-month mental disorders among incoming first-year college students within a large cross-national sample. Methods: Web-based self-report surveys assessing the prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders and health-related role impairment (Sheehan Disability Scale) were obtained and analyzed from 13,984 incoming first-year college students (Response = 45.5%), across 19 universities in eight countries. Impairment was assessed in the following domains: home management, work (e.g., college-related problems), close personal relationships, and social life. Results: Mean age of the sample was 19.3 (SD = 0.59) and 54.4% were female. Findings showed that 20.4% of students reported any severe role impairment (10% of those without a mental disorder vs. 42.9% of those with at least one disorder, P < 0.01). In bivariate analyses, panic disorder, and mania were associated most frequently with severe impairment (60.6% and 57.5%, respectively). Students reporting three or more mental disorders had almost fivefold more frequently severe impairment relative to those without mental disorders. Multiple logistic regression showed that major depression (OR = 4.0; 95%CI = 3.3, 4.8), generalized anxiety (OR = 3.9; 95%CI = 3.1, 4.8), and panic disorder (OR = 2.9; 95%CI 2.4, 4.2) were associated with the highest odds of severe impairment. Only minimal deviations from these overall associations were found across countries. Conclusion: Mental disorders among first-year college students are associated with substantial role impairment. Providing preventative interventions targeting mental disorders and associated impairments is a critical need for institutions to address.

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