Prevalence of On-Campus Student Mental Health Services at U.S. Colleges and Universities: A Web-Based Analysis.

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q1 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Psychiatric services Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-06 DOI:10.1176/appi.ps.20240479

James Aluri, Arman Terzian, Ramin Mojtabai, Amelia Arria

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Abstract

Objective: The authors sought to quantify the proportion of U.S. postsecondary institutions that offer any on-campus mental health services to their students.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data about the availability and descriptions of mental health services were gathered from websites of a main sample of 200 postsecondary institutions other than community colleges and a sample of 50 community colleges. Both samples were selected through a stratified sampling process. Descriptive statistics, weighted (main sample) and unweighted percentages, and confidence intervals were calculated.

Results: In the main sample, 191 institutions (95%, 95% CI=91%-98%) offered mental health services. Among community colleges, 40 (80%, 95% CI=69%-91%) offered such services. In both the main and community college samples, most institutions (92% and 75%, respectively) used "counseling" to describe the services offered.

Conclusions: Extrapolation of these results suggests that >1,700 U.S. postsecondary institutions offer mental health services, making campus services a sizeable mental health services sector.

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美国大学校园学生心理健康服务的流行：基于网络的分析

目的：作者试图量化为学生提供任何校园心理健康服务的美国高等教育机构的比例。方法：采用横断面研究的方法，从200所社区学院以外的专上院校和50所社区学院的网站上收集有关心理健康服务的可用性和描述的数据。两个样本都是通过分层抽样过程选择的。计算描述性统计、加权（主样本）和未加权百分比以及置信区间。结果：在主要样本中，有191家机构（95%,95% CI=91% ~ 98%）提供心理健康服务。在社区学院中，有40所（80%,95% CI=69%-91%）提供此类服务。在主要学院和社区学院的样本中，大多数机构（分别为92%和75%）使用“咨询”来描述所提供的服务。结论：这些结果的外推表明，美国有超过1,700所大专院校提供心理健康服务，使校园服务成为一个相当大的心理健康服务部门。

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来源期刊

Psychiatric services 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.80

自引率

7.90%

发文量

295

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Psychiatric Services, established in 1950, is published monthly by the American Psychiatric Association. The peer-reviewed journal features research reports on issues related to the delivery of mental health services, especially for people with serious mental illness in community-based treatment programs. Long known as an interdisciplinary journal, Psychiatric Services recognizes that provision of high-quality care involves collaboration among a variety of professionals, frequently working as a team. Authors of research reports published in the journal include psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, drug and alcohol treatment counselors, economists, policy analysts, and professionals in related systems such as criminal justice and welfare systems. In the mental health field, the current focus on patient-centered, recovery-oriented care and on dissemination of evidence-based practices is transforming service delivery systems at all levels. Research published in Psychiatric Services contributes to this transformation.