scholarly journals Academic performance of students who underwent psychiatric treatment at the students’ mental health service of a Brazilian university

2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Ribeiro Franulovic Campos ◽  
Maria Lilian Coelho Oliveira ◽  
Tânia Maron Vichi Freire de Mello ◽  
Clarissa de Rosalmeida Dantas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Service ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders

ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: University students are generally at the typical age of onset of mental disorders that may affect their academic performance. We aimed to characterize the university students attended by psychiatrists at the students’ mental health service (SAPPE) and to compare their academic performance with that of non-patient students. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study based on review of medical files and survey of academic data at a Brazilian public university. METHODS: Files of 1,237 students attended by psychiatrists at SAPPE from 2004 to 2011 were reviewed. Their academic performance coefficient (APC) and status as of July 2015 were compared to those of a control group of 2,579 non-patient students matched by gender, course and year of enrolment. RESULTS: 37% of the patients had had psychiatric treatment and 4.5% had made suicide attempts before being attended at SAPPE. Depression (39.1%) and anxiety disorders/phobias (33.2%) were the most frequent diagnoses. Severe mental disorders such as psychotic disorders (3.7%) and bipolar disorder (1.9%) were less frequent. Compared with non-patients, the mean APC among the undergraduate patients was slightly lower (0.63; standard deviation, SD: 0.26; versus 0.64; SD: 0.28; P = 0.025), but their course completion rates were higher and course abandonment rates were lower. Regarding postgraduate students, patients and non-patients had similar completion rates, but patients had greater incidence of discharge for poor performance and lower dropout rates. CONCLUSION: Despite the inclusion of socially vulnerable people with severe mental disorders, the group of patients had similar academic performance, and in some aspects better, than, that of non-patients.

Relationship between satisfaction with learning outcomes and mental health among medical and engineering students

2020 ◽  
pp. 70-78
Author(s):  
O. Bukhanovskaya ◽  
N. Demcheva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Clinical Forms ◽  
Complete Survey ◽  
Medical University

Method of calculating the index of crisis of gratification has been developed on the basis of the complete survey of 995 students of medical university and 804 students of engineering university, determination of clinical and social parameters and factors related to the process of education in the specialized university. It included: a scale for the assessment of the degree of intellectual intensity, academic performance, stress situations related to the peculiarities of education. Reliable differences in values between groups of healthy students, students with preclinical and clinical forms of mental disorders are revealed as a result of calculation of the index of gratification. The authors conclude that satisfaction with the results of education has a significant impact on the mental health of university students.

scholarly journals Debt, common mental disorders and mental health service use

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 520-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cerisse Gunasinghe ◽  
Billy Gazard ◽  
Lisa Aschan ◽  
Shirlee MacCrimmon ◽  
Matthew Hotopf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Health Service Use

The Classification and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Concerns: A Proposed Practical Scientific Alternative to the DSM and ICD

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Health Service Provider ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Mental Health Concerns

The Classification and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Concerns ( CSM) is a proposed alternative to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM) and International Classification of Diseases ( ICD). In contrast to the DSM/ ICD overarching concept of “mental disorders,” the CSM’s overarching concept is “mental health concerns.” A mental health concern occurs when a person seeking mental health services expresses to a mental health service provider a concern about any of these topics: behavior, emotion, mood, meaning of life, death, dying, managing chronic pain, addiction, work, relationships, education, eating, cognition, sleep, and challenging life situations. The CSM begins from the perspective of the person seeking services and that is what would be classified in its manual. In addition to classifying mental health concerns, the CSM would describe a collaborative approach between the person expressing the concern and the mental health service provider for creating a psychological formulation narrative that eschews the DSM/ ICD pathologizing jargon. Compared with the DSM/ ICD approach, the use of the CSM potentially would be less stigmatizing, as well as more practical. Moreover, it would be more consistent with principles of science, eliminate the monopoly of the DSM/ ICD mental disorder approach for accessing mental health services, provide a new choice to both mental health service users and providers, challenge old ideas, stimulate fresh perspectives, and open new avenues of research.

CONFOUNDING VARIABLES WITHIN “REFERRAL CONTROLS” FOR CHILDREN WITH HISTORIES OF SEXUAL STIMULATION BY ADULTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ERRONEOUS ATTRIBUTIONS FROM “CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE”

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-672
Author(s):  
Michael A. Persinger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
School Board ◽  
Conduct Disorders ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Verbal Intelligence ◽  
Psychiatric Facility ◽  
Sexual Stimulation

Verbal and performance scores from a standardized intelligence battery for age-matched children from four groups (n = 67) were compared to discern if the depressed scores for verbal intelligence displayed by children with histories of verified sexual stimulation by adults were epiphenomenal. The children had been referred to a psychiatric facility because of early sexual stimulation by adults, from a children's mental health service because of family problems, or from a school board for conduct disorders. The fourth group was hospital controls for the first group. The children with nonculturally approved sexual activity with adults and those from the mental health service displayed verbal intelligence scores that were about one SD below the scores for children referred by the school board and for the control group. These results suggest that psychological variables may not reflect a causal relationship and hence group differences should not be attributed exclusively to the diagnosis of sexual abuse.

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