Mental health diagnoses and treatment of college students increased substantially between 2007 and 2017. More than one-third of students reported a diagnosed condition in 2016–2017, according to a study published online today in Psychiatric Services in Advance.
Mental health diagnoses and treatment of college students increased substantially between 2007 and 2017. More than one-third of students reported a diagnosed condition in 2016–2017, according to a study published online today in Psychiatric Services in Advance.
The comprehensive nationwide study draws on 10 years of data from the Healthy Minds Study, an annual web-based survey involving more than 150,000 students from 196 campuses across the U.S. The study authors, led by Sarah Ketchen Lipson, Ph.D., EdM, with Boston University School of Public Health, found that from 2007 to 2017:
- Mental health diagnoses increased from 22 percent to 36 percent
- Treatment increased from 19 percent to 34 percent, with similar patterns for both therapy/counseling and medication use
- Suicidal ideation increased from 6 percent to 11 percent
- Mental health stigma decreased
Read more at American Psychiatric Association
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