Mental health problems in college freshmen: Prevalence and academic functioning

摘要

The college years are a developmentally crucial period when students make the transition from late adolescence to emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000). Epidemiological studies suggest that 1250% of college students meet criteria for one or more common mental disorders (Blanco et al., 2008; Hunt and Eisenberg, 2010; Verger et al., 2010). Dierences between college students and their non-college peers are generally understudied but the available evidence shows that college students are somewhat at lower risk of mental disorders (Auerbachet al., 2016; Blanco et al., 2008)