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A systematic review of studies of depression prevalence in university students.
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The results suggest that university students experience rates of depression that are substantially higher than those found in the general population.About:
This article is published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 1156 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Depression (differential diagnoses).read more
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Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Lisa S. Rotenstein,Marco A. Ramos,Matthew Torre,J. Bradley Segal,Michael J. Peluso,Constance Guille,Srijan Sen,Douglas A. Mata +7 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of studies on the prevalence of depression, depressive symptoms, or suicidal ideation in medical students published before September 17, 2016 found that strategies for preventing and treating these disorders in this population of medical students are needed.
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WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and distribution of mental disorders.
Randy P. Auerbach,Philippe Mortier,Ronny Bruffaerts,Jordi Alonso,Corina Benjet,Pim Cuijpers,Koen Demyttenaere,David Daniel Ebert,Jennifer Greif Green,Penelope Hasking,Elaine Murray,Matthew K. Nock,Stephanie Pinder-Amaker,Nancy A. Sampson,Dan J. Stein,Gemma Vilagut,Alan M. Zaslavsky,Ronald C. Kessler +17 more
TL;DR: Initial results from the first stage of the WHO World Mental Health International College Student project are reported, in which a series of surveys in 19 colleges were carried out with the aim of estimating prevalence and basic sociodemographic correlates of common mental disorders among first-year college students.
Gender differences in depression in 20 European countries: cross-national variation in the true gender gap in depression
TL;DR: The results indicate that women report higher levels of depression than men do in all countries, but there is significant cross-national variation in this gender gap.
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Mental health problems in college freshmen: Prevalence and academic functioning.
Ronny Bruffaerts,Philippe Mortier,Glenn Kiekens,Randy P. Auerbach,Pim Cuijpers,Koen Demyttenaere,Jennifer Greif Green,Matthew K. Nock,Ronald C. Kessler +8 more
TL;DR: Mental health problems are common in college freshman, and clearly associated with lower academic functioning, and the association of externalizing problems with individual-level academic functioning was significantly higher in academic departments with comparatively low average academic functioning.
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Computer-delivered and web-based interventions to improve depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being of university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: The findings suggest Web-based and computer-delivered interventions can be effective in improving students’ depression, anxiety, and stress outcomes when compared to inactive controls, but some caution is needed whenCompared to other trial arms and methodological issues were noticeable.
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Stress and Depression
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Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder
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TL;DR: There are striking similarities across countries in patterns of major depression and of bipolar disorder and the differences in rates for major depression across countries suggest that cultural differences or different risk factors affect the expression of the disorder.
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Gender differences in depression. Critical review.
Marco Piccinelli,Greg Wilkinson +1 more
TL;DR: Determinants of gender differences in depressive disorders are far from being established and their combination into integrated aetiological models continues to be lacking.
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Systematic review of depression, anxiety, and other indicators of psychological distress among U.S. and Canadian medical students.
TL;DR: The studies suggest a high prevalence of depression and anxiety among medical students, with levels of overall psychological distress consistently higher than in the general population and age-matched peers by the later years of training.
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Mental Health Problems and Help-Seeking Behavior Among College Students
Justin Hunt,Daniel Eisenberg +1 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this report is to review the research literature on college student mental health, while also drawing comparisons to the parallel literature on the broader adolescent and young adult populations.