Mental Health Issues Facing a Diverse Sample of College Students: Results from the College Student Mental Health Survey

Over the past 5 years there has been increased attention given to mental health issues on college and university campuses across the country. However, few research efforts have been conducted to systematically investigate the mental health of college students. The College Student Mental Health Surve...

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Published inJournal of student affairs research and practice Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 786 - 807
Main Authors Soet, Johanna, Sevig, Todd
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 16.10.2006
De Gruyter
NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Subjects
Attention Deficit Disorders
College Students
Coping
Depression (Psychology)
Eating Disorders
Ethnicity
Guidance Centers
Mental Health
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Public Colleges
Statistical Analysis
Stress Variables
Student Surveys
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Summary:Over the past 5 years there has been increased attention given to mental health issues on college and university campuses across the country. However, few research efforts have been conducted to systematically investigate the mental health of college students. The College Student Mental Health Survey was undertaken as a first step towards gaining a better understanding of the broad range of mental health issues that face the college student population. This exploratory study describes the mental health history and current distress and coping of 939 college students from a large Midwestern public university, with an approximate enrollment of 40,000 students. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.
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DOI:10.2202/1949-6605.1676