Inclusive mental health support for international students: Unveiling delivery components in higher education

Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Abstract This study examines the delivery components of inclusive mental health services in higher education, centering on international university students. Through interviews with 32 participants at a state United States, including students, counseling staff, and faculty, six key themes emerged: professionals’ multicultural self-awareness, focus reparative services, mainstream theories approaches, cultural background, faculty involvement physical space confidentiality. These findings underscore importance training for professionals, expansive offerings, incorporation diverse confidentiality, active participation suitable environments. By addressing these components, universities can enhance quality support student populations, promoting their overall well-being academic success.

Язык: Английский

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Barriers to mental health service utilisation among medical students in Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Public Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2024

Introduction Medical students experience high levels of stress, often due to academic demands, which can adversely affect their mental health. However, they frequently hesitate seek and underutilise available health services. This study aimed assess the perceived need for services identify barriers seeking help among undergraduate medical students. Materials methods cross-sectional recruited 480 from two main universities in Eastern Province Saudi Arabia. Data were collected through an online, self-administered questionnaire that encompassed sections on sociodemographic details, Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), perceptions about necessity professional care, service utilisation over past year, Barriers Access Care Evaluation (BACE-III). Results The found 33.6% participants showed signs depression. Even though 42.5% expressed a services, only 16.2% actually utilised these previous 12 months. In terms barriers, attitudinal-related received highest mean score, followed by stigma- instrumental-related barriers. Notably, who had previously experienced failure those sought more inclined report Conclusion Mental challenges are notably prevalent Although there is significant intervention, actual rate remains low. primary obstacles assistance attitudinal stigma-related

Язык: Английский

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The role of psychological distress, stigma and coping strategies on help-seeking intentions in a sample of Italian college students

BMC Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11(1)

Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2023

Mental health issues are common among university students, but the latter unlikely to seek professional help even when mental services available. Coping strategies, stigma and psychological distress often considered as factors that can affect help-seeking intentions in students.This study aimed determine role of coping on for problems. All students (N = 13,886) from an Italian medium-sized were asked participate a multidimensional online survey 3754 (27.1%) agreed participate. A Structural Equation Modelling approach was applied explore simultaneous direct indirect effects distress, strategies intentions.Results showed not very likely and, through Model, found be positively correlated with which turn negatively associated seeking help. The intentions. These suggest significant use face help: lower help, higher chance developing help.This suggests importance implementing programs encourage college including measures foster stigma-free environment, reduce promote adaptive strategies. Interventions should focused firstly self-stigma secondly perceived stigma, taking into consideration level social stereotypes disorders behaviours. Programs about also essential focus promoting emotion-focused problem-focused

Язык: Английский

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Anxious, Depressed, and Suicidal: Crisis Narratives in University Student Mental Health and the Need for a Balanced Approach to Student Wellness

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 20(6), С. 4859 - 4859

Опубликована: Март 9, 2023

There is growing global awareness of the poor mental health university students, as well need to improve students’ access services and expand range available evidence-based interventions. However, a crisis narrative emerging, particularly in wake COVID-19 pandemic, that runs risk positioning all students potential patients formal psychiatric Our aim this commentary critically present evidence supports increased attention student health, while also raising concern may itself have unintended harmful consequences. We highlight some dangers overtly medicalizing thus pathologizing experiences everyday distress, inadequacies diagnostic categories, limitations focusing narrowly on psychotherapeutic interventions, short-sightedness downplaying key social determinants distress. argue for an integrative balanced public approach draws rigor epidemiology advances been made identify interventions simultaneously being mindful shortcomings working within paradigm labels

Язык: Английский

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Adopting the principles and practices of learning health systems in universities and colleges: recommendations for delivering actionable data to improve student mental health

Cogent Mental Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 3(1), С. 1 - 30

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2024

Despite efforts to address the growing severity and complexity of student mental health issues, challenges persist in data quality application, thereby hindering progress. This article is built upon three decades cumulative expertise from authors, complemented by insights gathered through extensive observations students practitioners within realm health. Drawing both robust evidence hands-on experience, it presents evidence-based recommendations aimed at enhancing capture utilization alignment with principles methodologies learning systems. The approach based on four interconnected themes: (1) Learning global university students' health; (2) Measuring, monitoring, managing data; (3) Involving stakeholder perspectives; (4) Mapping transitions, access, systems for services. These themes encompass individual journey broader organizational layers universities colleges. Ten are made supporting colleges move towards adopting support

Язык: Английский

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Student mental health support: A qualitative evaluation of new well-being services at a UK university

Journal of Further and Higher Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 48(4), С. 372 - 387

Опубликована: Март 28, 2024

Increasing numbers of UK students now seek mental health support while at university. Clear evidence for the best configuration student services is lacking. Most service evaluations have focused on counselling – with little evaluation low-intensity such as non-clinical and well-being teams or accommodation welfare support. This qualitative study addresses that gap, examining staff experiences new advisers in academic departments halls residence one university 2018, marking a step-change delivery. Using reflexive thematic analysis data collected 40 focus groups interviews approximately 18 months after launch, five themes were identified: Trusted Friend; Joined Up Approach; Proactive versus Reactive; Belonging; My University Cares. The offered timely, an accessible, approachable addition to academic, clinical online provision. However, showed operational challenges data-sharing between professional staff. volume seeking also appeared compromise resource intended preventative community-building work, particularly accommodation. Concerns remained who do not help, findings underlining importance issues belonging, connection representation relation Notably, this highly visible investment shift negative cultural narrative which was undermining confidence greater reassurance Our conclusions implications emphasise whole approach.

Язык: Английский

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Profiles of College Students Who Engage in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs: Association with Frustration Intolerance Beliefs

Journal of College Student Mental Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 19

Опубликована: Янв. 29, 2025

Язык: Английский

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The Implementation of a Blended Counseling Intervention in Undergraduate Engineering Students: The Effect on Mental Health

Healthcare, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13(5), С. 511 - 511

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2025

Background/Objectives: The accelerating global concern for the mental health of university students necessitates delivering intervention programs. purpose this study is to evaluate effectiveness a 5-week blended counseling group program, with two integrated approaches, positive psychology and cognitive therapy, toward undergraduate engineering students' depression, anxiety, stress, from Higher School Pedagogical Technological Education, Greece. Methods: Participants mean age 21.12 (SD = 3.68) were administered DASS-21. A two-way repeated-measures design was used factors condition time. subjects underwent conditions, experimental (n 40), consisting civil mechanical engineers, control 52), that encompasses electrical engineers. three dependent variables, DASS-21 factors, measured at time points, beginning midway through end program. Results: effect interaction between conditions on depression stress significant. In particular, subgroups showed lower program in comparison group. However, they did not demonstrate significantly scores anxiety. Furthermore, exhibit any significant mid- post-test differences all measures. Conclusions: light obtained results, it can be concluded an effective intervention.

Язык: Английский

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Digital Mental Health Interventions for University Students With Mental Health Difficulties: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 19(3)

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

While third-level educational institutions have long provided counselling, a sharp rise in demand has led to limited access mental health supports for many students, including those with ongoing difficulties. Digital interventions represent one response this unmet need, given the potential low cost and scalability associated no-to-low human resources involved. The aim of study was conduct systematic review meta-analysis literature examining effectiveness digital university students following databases were searched: PubMed, EBSCOhost (CINHAHL/PsycINFO/PsycArticles) Web Science. Two-armed randomised-control trials included meta-analysis. A random-effects conducted standardised mean differences calculated. Effect sizes then compared terms therapeutic approach, whether fully automated or guided interventions. This registered PROSPERO, CRD42024504265. Thirty four eligible studies narrative synthesis, which 21 randomised-controlled Random-effects indicated an overall medium effect size favour both depression (Cohen's d = 0.55), anxiety 0. 46). Of note, outcomes, appeared more effective (d 0.55) than 0.35). are beneficial effects college when measured symptom severity. For anxiety, may be reduce

Язык: Английский

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Sleep Quality and Mental Health Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Clinical Medicine, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(7), С. 2274 - 2274

Опубликована: Март 26, 2025

Background: Sleep disturbances and mental health disorders represent a significant public concern. Medical students, in particular, experience intense academic pressure, long study hours, irregular schedules, the emotional burden of clinical training, all which may contribute to development sleep issues. This aims assess quality prevalence symptoms depression, anxiety, stress among medical as well their interrelationships. Methods: multicentric cross-sectional was conducted January February 2025 students from two faculties Croatia. assessed using Pittsburgh Quality Index (PSQI), while were evaluated Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). Results: The included 386 participants, whom 96 male 290 female students. It found that 67.9% had poor quality, reported by 38.8%, 45.3%, 40.4% respectively. Female exhibited higher PSQI scores (U = 10,205, p < 0.001), levels depression 10,372, anxiety 10,328, 10,560, 0.001). Additionally, moderate positive correlations observed between total score (ρ 0.566, 0.489, 0.503, Moreover, an increase (β 0.178, 0.001) 0.141, contributed score, indicating poorer quality. Conclusions: A high with exhibiting these variables. Furthermore, associated stress.

Язык: Английский

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