Prevalence of mental health problems in Australian university health services

Stallman, Helen M.; Shochet, Ian M.

doi:10.1080/00050060902733727

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“…This finding is consistent with an Australian study of medical and nonmedical students [41]. Previous research indicates that many individuals experiencing emotional problems are more likely to present with physical problems to their general practitioner, as opposed to psychological symptoms [42].…”

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confidence: 85%

Experiences of Psychological Distress and Sources of Stress and Support During Medical Training: a Survey of Medical Students

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Experiences of Psychological Distress and Sources of Stress and Support During Medical Training: a Survey of Medical Students

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“…Interrelations between insufficient coping behavior and impaired general health have been discussed in the literature for quite a long time [13,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30]. Therefore, it would not seem surprising that our data revealed a close relationship between the newly constructed defeatism-resilience 2 scale on the one hand, and impaired physical health, psychosomatic disturbances and mental health on the other hand.…”

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confidence: 54%

Insufficient Coping Behavior under Chronic Stress and Vulnerability to Psychiatric Disorders

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Background: Epidemiological data indicate that 75% of subjects with major psychiatric disorders have their onset of illness in the age range of 17-24 years. An estimated 35-50% of college and university students drop out prematurely due to insufficient coping skills under chronic stress, while 85% of students receiving a psychiatric diagnosis withdraw from college/university prior to the completion of their education. In this study, we aimed at developing standardized means of identifying students with insufficient coping skills under chronic stress and at risk for mental health problems. Sampling and Methods: A sample of 1,217 college students from 3 different sites in the USA and Switzerland completed 2 self-report questionnaires: the Coping Strategies Inventory (COPE) and the Zurich Health Questionnaire (ZHQ), which assesses ‘regular exercises', ‘consumption behavior', ‘impaired physical health', ‘psychosomatic disturbances' and ‘impaired mental health'. The data were subjected to structure analyses by means of a neural network approach. We found 2 highly stable and reproducible COPE scales that explained the observed interindividual variation in coping behavior sufficiently well and in a socioculturally independent way. The scales reflected basic coping behavior in terms of ‘activity-passivity' and ‘defeatism-resilience', and in the sense of stable, socioculturally independent personality traits. Results: Correlation analyses carried out for external validation revealed a close relationship between high scores on the defeatism scale and impaired physical and mental health. This underlined the role of insufficient coping behavior as a risk factor for physical and mental health problems. Conclusion: The combined COPE and ZHQ instruments appear to constitute powerful screening tools for insufficient coping skills under chronic stress and for risks of mental health problems.

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“…Australian research suggests that among university student populations more than half are unlikely to seek help for mental health issues (Stallman & Shochet, 2009;Wynaden, Wichmann, & Murray, 2013). Students report not wanting to be seen as less capable than their peers and/or not knowing where to seek help.…”

Section: Help-seekingmentioning

confidence: 99%