Psychological distress among university female students and their need for mental health services.
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Psychological distress among university students, especially young women, is of increasing concern. This study focuses on the prevalence of psychological distress among female university stu...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/324631 2023-05-15T16:46:44+02:00 Psychological distress among university female students and their need for mental health services. Bernhardsdóttir, J Vilhjálmsson, R Univ Iceland, Fac Nursing, Eirberg, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/324631 https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12002 en eng Wiley-Blackwell http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12002 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpm.12002/pdf J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2013, 20 (8):672-8 1365-2850 22988953 doi:10.1111/jpm.12002 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/324631 Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing Archived with thanks to Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing National Consortium - Landsaðgangur Kvíði Þunglyndi Nemendur Anxiety Disorders Community-Institutional Relations Counseling Cross-Sectional Studies Depressive Disorder Female Health Services Accessibility Health Services Needs and Demand Humans Iceland Mass Screening Student Health Services Students Utilization Review Article 2013 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12002 2022-05-29T08:21:58Z To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Psychological distress among university students, especially young women, is of increasing concern. This study focuses on the prevalence of psychological distress among female university students and their need for mental health services. The analysis is based on two cross-sectional surveys, an internet survey among women students attending the University of Iceland in the spring of 2007, and a postal survey of Icelandic female adults conducted in the Fall of 2006. Psychological distress was measured with the Symptom Checklist-90 Depression and Anxiety subscales. The prevalence of above-threshold depression and anxiety among the university women students was 22.5% and 21.2% respectively. Results showed that the mean depression score was significantly lower among the students than among women of the same age in the general population. However, little less than one-third of students with elevated distress levels received any professional help. Only 1.4% of the distressed students received mental help care from nurses. The high proportion of distressed female students not receiving professional help is a challenge to the primary health-care system and the nursing profession. This also raises questions about the adequacy of the current system of health-care delivery and the potential advantages of on-campus health services, in closer proximity to the students. University of Iceland Research Fund Assistantship Fund of the University of Iceland Icelandic Nurses Association; Research and Science Fund Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 20 8 672 678 |
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To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Psychological distress among university students, especially young women, is of increasing concern. This study focuses on the prevalence of psychological distress among female university students and their need for mental health services. The analysis is based on two cross-sectional surveys, an internet survey among women students attending the University of Iceland in the spring of 2007, and a postal survey of Icelandic female adults conducted in the Fall of 2006. Psychological distress was measured with the Symptom Checklist-90 Depression and Anxiety subscales. The prevalence of above-threshold depression and anxiety among the university women students was 22.5% and 21.2% respectively. Results showed that the mean depression score was significantly lower among the students than among women of the same age in the general population. However, little less than one-third of students with elevated distress levels received any professional help. Only 1.4% of the distressed students received mental help care from nurses. The high proportion of distressed female students not receiving professional help is a challenge to the primary health-care system and the nursing profession. This also raises questions about the adequacy of the current system of health-care delivery and the potential advantages of on-campus health services, in closer proximity to the students. University of Iceland Research Fund Assistantship Fund of the University of Iceland Icelandic Nurses Association; Research and Science Fund |
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