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The World Mental Health International College Student
(WMH-ICS) Initiative

The college years are a crucial time period when students make the transition from late-adolescence to adulthood. Importantly, this transition takes place during an extremely sensitive part of the life cycle when emotional problems and mental disorders commonly occur. Approximately 75% of all lifetime mental disorders have their onsets prior to the age of 24, and these early-onset cases are related to poorer clinical and functional outcomes than later-onset cases. Additionally, the college years are associated with a significant increase in risky health behaviors, such as excessive alcohol and cannabis use, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students. Collectively, these disorders and behaviors are associated with low academic attainment. Even though effective treatments exist to address these debilitating issues, only a minority of students with mental disorders obtain treatment.

The World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) Initiative is designed to: generate accurate epidemiological data on unmet for treatment of mental, substance, and behavioral disorders among college students worldwide; implement and evaluate web-based interventions for both the prevention and treatment of these disorders; and disseminate the evidence-based interventions found to be effective using a continuous quality improvement approach designed to prevent degradation of these interventions in dissemination and successively to improve targeting of interventions using precision medicine procedures.

Requests to join WMH-ICS: Membership of WMH-ICS is organized by country consortia consisting of researchers of one or more universities, grouped in one consortium per country). The Executive Committee of WMH-ICS will evaluate all requests to join the international consortium. Members have the opportunity to contribute their data to the cross-national dataset and to have authorship on papers from this dataset, provided that they meet data quality standards. The costs and requirements of membership are available at this link: WMH-ICS membership overview


Needs Assessment

Annual WMH-ICS surveys with representative samples of college students in colleges and universities throughout the world are used to estimate prevalence of mental disorders, adverse consequences (on the personal, social, and academic levels) of these disorders, patterns of help-seeking for these disorders, and barriers to treatment. Longitudinal data collection with the same students across years is used to monitor changes in incidence, prevalence and treatment of these disorders throughout the college years as well as to identify modifiable risk and protective factors.

The WMH-ICS surveys use a flexible and cost-effective data collection design that makes use of web-based recruitment and administration of de-identified self-report questionnaires under the auspices of the institutions in which surveys are administered. Web and phone follow-up is used to increase survey completion. The surveys use validated screening measures to generate estimates of the presence of a wide range of mental disorders thought to be common among college students (e.g. Major Depressive Episode, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, adult ADHD, substance abuse and dependence, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors). Iterative experiments embedded in the surveys are used to evaluate the effects of innovative methods to increase the proportion of students with emotional problems who seek treatment. Replications across successive cohorts are being used to determine the predictive validity of new methods to predict which students will go on to engage in suicidal behaviors and other risky behaviors that might require special outreach interventions.


Internet-based Interventions

Experimental methods are being used to evaluate the effects of a wide range of internet-based interventions both to prevent and treat the emotional problems documented in the WMH-ICS surveys. In addition to implementing these experiments among the students whose disorders were detected in their surveys, we are working with student mental health clinics in selected institutions to implement parallel clinical trials among students who seek help at those clinics. The latter trials are making use of the fact that waiting lists typically exist for obtaining treatment in these clinical, making it possible for us to implement interventions using a waiting list control design as well as active comparisons with the usual treatments provided at these clinics. Our evaluations are considering not only treatment effects among the treated but also accessibility, feasibility, and respondent-burden. We plan subsequent iterations of these trials to make use of SMART designs that evaluate the relative effects of different treatments based on the specific clinical profiles of patients. Leveraging our very large cross-national database, our ultimate goal is to optimize matching the right students with the right interventions in a stepped-care model approach.


Dissemination

All WMH-ICS interventions are initially implemented and evaluated in a small number of institutions and are subsequently disseminated to other institutions only when they are found to be effective. We use continuous quality improvement methods with process and outcome evaluations to protect against intervention degradation in dissemination. These same data collections are used to make successive refinements to the interventions as well as to the precision treatment algorithms used to match patients to treatments.


Survey Methods

Samples: Institutions interested in joining WMH-ICS need to begin with needs assessment surveys. The latter consist of web-based self-report surveys administered to representative samples of students, typically in the fall of the academic year. Tracking surveys are then administered each subsequent year.

Mode: As noted above, surveys use a web-based data collection method, which enables us to conduct surveys much more cost-effectively than would be possible otherwise. Surveys take an average of 20-40 minutes to complete. The web-based nature of the surveys also allows for the addition of online interventions once high-risk students are identified.

Measures: The baseline survey focuses on baseline student characteristics, presence of disorders, stressful life experiences that might be risk factors for these disorders, history of obtaining treatment for these disorders, and barriers to treatment. The subsequent tracking surveys include update information on presence of disorders, impairments, stresses, and treatments. The use of validated screening instruments allows us to generate accurate estimates of DSM-5 disorders including Major Depressive Episode (MDE), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder (PD), Social Phobia (SP), Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BD), adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a range of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder), substance use disorders, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The instrument also generates reliable estimates of self-reported health, use of services for emotional or mental health problems, college expectations, adaptation to college life, and academic outcomes.

Training and Field Procedures: The WHO translation and harmonization protocol was used to create training materials, introductions for potential participants, and instruments in a wide range of languages. Informed consent is obtained from participants prior to initiating data collection. Quality control protocols are standardized across settings to guarantee accuracy and to specify data cleaning and coding procedures. The institutional review boards of the participating institutions approve the surveys before they are implemented and monitor compliance with procedures for obtaining informed consent and protecting human subjects. All these implementation procedures have been codified in a fashion that makes them easy to export to other settings in order to expand the number of institutions in the initiative.

Please follow the links for details of the ethics committees that approved surveys for partcipating WMH-ICS countries:

Ethics approval for WMH-ICS - DSM-IV surveys

Ethics approval for WMH-ICS - DSM-5 surveys


Collaborators

The WMH-ICS Initiative is part of the World Mental Health Survey Initiative (http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/wmh) The WMH-ICS Executive Committee includes Randy P. Auerbach (Columbia University, US), Corina Benjet (National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico), Ronny Bruffaerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Pim Cuijpers (Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, the Netherlands), David D. Ebert (Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany), and Ronald C. Kessler (Harvard Medical School, US).

Member countries and collaborators

Australia (Penelope Hasking)

Belgium (Ronny Bruffaerts)

Canada (Daniel Vigo)

Chile (Vania Martínez Nahuel)

France (Mathilde Husky)

Germany (David Ebert; Harald Baumeister)

Hong Kong (Arthur Mak; Samuel Wong)

Kenya (Lukoye Atwoli)

Mexico (Corina Benjet)

The Netherlands (Pim Cuijpers)

New Zealand (Charlene Rapsey)

Northern Ireland (Siobhan O’Neill; Elaine Murray)

Romania (Oana David)

Saudi Arabia (Yasmin Altwaijri)

South Africa (Dan Stein; Jason Bantjes)

Spain (Jordi Alonso)

Sweden (Claes Andersson; Marcus Bendtsen)

United States (Randy P. Auerbach; Ronald C. Kessler)


References

2024

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2023

Amanvermez, Y., Karyotaki, E., Cuijpers, P., Ciharova, M., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R. C., Klein, A. M., Wiers, R. W., & de Wit, L. M. (2023). Sources of stress among domestic and international students: a cross-sectional study of university students in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 1-18, [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Bantjes, J., Kessler, M.J., Hunt, X., Kessler, R.C., Stein., D.J. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of 30-day suicidal ideation and intent: Results of the South African National Student Mental Health Survey. South African Medical Journal, 113(4). Full text link

Bantjes, J., Kessler, M.J., Hunt, X., Stein, D.J., Kessler, R.C. (2023). Treatment rates and barriers to mental health service utilisation among university students in South Africa. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 17(1), 38. PubMed Abstract

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Benjet, C., Orozco, R., Albor, Y. C., Contreras, E. V., Monroy-Velasco, I. R., Hernández Uribe, P. C., Báez Mansur, P. M., Covarrubias Díaz Couder, M. A., Quevedo Ch´vez, G. E., Gutierrez-García, R. A., Machado, N., Andersson, C., & Borges, G. (2023). A longitudinal study on the impact of Internet gaming disorder on self-perceived health, academic performance, and social life of first-year college students. The American Journal on Addictions, 32(4):343-351. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Zainal, N. H., Albor, Y., Alvis-Barranco, L., Carrasco-Tapias, N., Contreras-Ibáñez, C. C., Cudris-Torres, L., de la Peña, F. R., González, N., Guerrero-López, J. B., Gutierrez-Garcia, R. A., Jiménez-Peréz, A. L., Medina-Mora, M. E., Patiño, P., Cuijpers, P., Gildea, S. M., Kazdin, A. E., Kennedy, C. J., Luedtke, A., Sampson, N. A., Petukhova, M. V., Kessler, R. C. (2023). A Precision Treatment Model for Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression Among University Students: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 80(8), 768-777. PubMed Abstract

Biscond, M., Revranche, M., Navarro-Mateu, F., Janota, M., Kovess-Masfety, V., & Husky, M. M. (2023). The effect of childhood adversities on the persistence of suicidal ideation and plans among college students: A longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 323, 354-360. PubMed Abstract

Bootsma, E., Jansen, L., Kiekens, G., Voorpoels, W., Mortier, P., Proost, S., Vande Poel, I., Jacobs, K., Demyttenaere, K., Alonso, J., Kessler, R.C., Cuijpers, P., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R. (2023). Mood disorders in higher education in Flanders during the 2nd and 3rd COVID-19 wave: Prevalence and help-seeking: Findings from the Flemish College Surveys (FLeCS). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 159: 33-41. PubMed Abstract

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Harrer, M., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers P., Heber, E., Lehr, D., Kessler, R.C., & Ebert, D.D. (2023). Predicting effects of a digital stress intervention. for patients with depressive symptoms: Development and validation of meta-analytic prognostic models using individual participant data. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

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Kiekens, G., Claes, L., Hasking, P., Mortier, P., Bootsma, E., Boyes, M., Myin-Germeys, I., Demyttenaere, K., Cuijpers, P., Kessler, R.C., Nock, M.K., Bruffaerts, R. (2023). A longitudinal investigation of non-suicidal self-injury persistence patterns, risk factors, and clinical outcomes during the college period. Psychological Medicine, 53(13):6011-6026. PubMed Abstract

Kiekens, G., Hasking, P., Bruffaerts, R., Alonso, J., Auerbach. R.P., Bantjes, J., Benjet, C., Boyes, M., Chiu, W.T., Claes, L., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D.D., Mak, A., Mortier, P., O'Neill, S., Sampson, N.A., Stein, D.J., Vilagut, G., Nock, M.K., Kessler. R.C., and on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health International college student (WMH-ICS) collaborators. (2023). Non-suicidal self-injury among first-year college students and its association with mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) Initiative. Psychological Medicine, 53(3), 875-886. PubMed Abstract

Revranche, M., Biscond, M., Navarro-Mateu, F., Kovess-Masfety, V., & Husky, M. M. (2023). The contribution of childhood adversities to the persistence of severe role impairment among college students: a follow-up study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PubMed Abstract

Sivertsen, B., Knudsen, A.K., Kirkøen, B., Skogen, J.C., Lagerstrøm, B.O., Lønning, K-J., Kessler, R.C., Reneflot. A. (2023). Prevalence of mental disorders among Norwegian college and university students: a population-based cross-sectional analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 19(34), 100732. Full text link

Wang, A. Y., Vereschagin, M., Richardson, C. G., Xie, H., Hudec, K. L., Munthali, R. J., Munro, L., Leung, C., Kessler, R. C., & Vigo, D. V. (2023). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Codeveloped e-Mental Health Intervention for University Students: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 12, e49364. PubMed Abstract

2022

Amanvermez, Y., Zhao, R., Cuijpers, P., de Wit, L.M., Ebert, D.D., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R., & Karyotaki, E. (2022). Effects of self-guided stress management interventions in college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Internet Interventions, 28, 100503. PubMed Abstract

Ballester, L., Alayo, I., Vilagut, G., Mortier, P., Almenara, J., Cebrià, A.I., Echeburúa, E., Gabilondo, A., Gili, M., Lagares, C., Piqueras, J.A., Roca, M., Soto-Sanz, V., Blasco, M.J., Castellví, P., Miranda-Mendizábal, A., Bruffaerts, R., Auerbach, R.P., Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J., on behalf of the UNIVERSAL study group (2022). Predictive models for first-onset and persistence of depression and anxiety among university students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 308:432-441. PubMed Abstract

Bantjes, J., Breet, E., Saal, W., Lochner, C., Roos, J., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R.C., Stein, D.J. (2022). Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa. Death Studies, 46(4):816-823. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Borges, G., Miah, S., Albor, Y., Gutiérrez-García, R. A., Zavala Berbena, A., Guzmán, R., Vargas-Contreras, E., Hermosillo de la Torre, A. E., Hernández Uribe, P. C., Quevedo, G., Covarrubias Díaz, A., Martínez Ruiz, S., Valdés-García, K. P., Martínez Jerez, A. M., & Mortier, P. (2022). One-year incidence, predictors, and accuracy of prediction of suicidal thoughts and behaviors from the first to second year of university. Depression and Anxiety, 39(12):727-740. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C.J., Mortier, P., Kiekens, G., Ebert, D.D., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Cuijpers, P., Green, J.G., Nock, M.K., Demyttenaere, K., Albor, Y., Bruffaerts, R. (2022). A risk algorithm that predicts alcohol use disorders among college students. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 31(7):1-11. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Kessler, R.C., Kazdin, A., Cuijpers, P., Albor, Y., Carrasco, N., Contreras-Ibáñez, C.C., Durán González, M.S., Gildea, S.M., Gonzaléz, N., Guerrero López, J.B., Luedtke, A., Medina-Mora, M.E., Palacios, J., Richards, D., Salamanca-Sanabria, A., Sampson, N.A. (2022). Study protocol for pragmatic trials of internet-delivered guided and unguided cognitive behavior therapy for treating depression and anxiety in university students of two Latin American countries: The Yo Puedo Sentirme Bien Study. Trials, 23(1):450. PubMed Abstract

Berman, A.H., Bendtsen, M., Molander, O., Lindfors, P., Lindner, P., Granlund, L., Topooco, N., Engstrom, K., Andersson, C. (2022). Compliance with recommendations limiting COVID-19 contagion among university students in Sweden: associations with self-reported symptoms, mental health and academic self-efficacy. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health,50(1):70-84. PubMed Abstract

Bond, N., McLafferty, M., Lapsley, C., Ennis, E., Murray, E., Heenan, D., & O'Neill, S. (2022). Familial and Bullying Victimisation: The Impact of Early Adversity Within the Home and Peer Settings on Late Adolescence and Adult Psychopathology. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. Full text link

Brown, N., McLafferty, M., O'Neill, S.M., McHugh, R., Ward, C., McBride, L., Brady, J., Bjourson, A.J., Walsh, C.P., Murray, E.K. (2022). The Mediating Roles of Mental Health and Substance Use on Suicidal Behavior among Undergraduate Students with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 26(11):1437-1451. PubMed Abstract

Crockett, M. A., Martínez, V., & Caviedes, P. (2022). Barriers and Facilitators to Mental Health Help-Seeking and Experiences with Service Use among LGBT+ University Students in Chile. The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16520. PubMed Abstract

Husky, M.M., Sadikova, E., Lee, S., Alonso, J., Auerbach, R.P., Bantjes, J., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D.D., Gutiérrez García, R., Hasking, P., Mak, A., McLafferty, M., Sampson, N.A., Stein, D.J., Kessler, R.C., and WHO WMH-ICS collaborators. (2022). Childhood adversities and mental disorders in first-year college students: Results from the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. Psychological Medicine, [Epub ahead of print]. Abstract

Janota, M., Kovess-Masfety, V., Gobin-Bourdet, C., & Husky, M. M. (2022). Use of mental health services and perceived barriers to access services among college students with suicidal ideation. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 32(3): 183-196. Abstract

Jones, L.B., Judkowicz, C., Hudec, K.L., Munthali, R.J., Prescivalli, A.P., Wang, A.Y., Munro, L., Xie, H., Pendakur, K., Rush, B., Gillett, J., Young, M., Singh, D., Todorova, A.V., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Gildea, S.M., McKechnie, I., Gadermann, A.M., Richardson, C.G., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C., Vigo, D.V. (2022). The World Mental Health-International College Student (WMH-ICS) Survey in Canada: Protocol for a Mental Health and Substance Use Trend Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(7): e35168. PubMed Abstract

Karyotaki, E., Klein, A.M., Ciharova, M., Bolinski, F., Krijnen, L., de Koning, L., de Wit, L., van der Heijde, C.M., Ebert, D.D., Riper, H., Batelaan, N., Vonk, P., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R., Struijs, S., Wiers, R. W., & Cuijpers, P. (2022). Guided internet-based transdiagnostic individually tailored Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for symptoms of depression and/or anxiety in college students: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 150, 104028. PubMed Abstract

Kiekens, G., Claes, L., Hasking, P., Mortier, P., Bootsma, E., Boyes, M., Myin-Germeys, I., Demyttenaere, K., Cuijpers, P., Kessler, R.C., Nock, M.K., Bruffaerts, R. (2022). A longitudinal investigation of non-suicidal self-injury persistence patterns, risk factors, and clinical outcomes during the college period. Psychological Medicine, [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Leung, C., Pei, J., Hudec, K., Shams, F., Munthali, R., Vigo, D. (2022). The Effects of Nonclinician Guidance on Effectiveness and Process Outcomes in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(6):e36004. PubMed Abstract

McLafferty, M., Brown, N., Brady, J., McLaughlin, J., McHugh, R., Ward, C., McBride, L., Bjourson, A. J., O'Neill, S. M., Walsh, C. P., & Murray, E. K. (2022). Variations in psychological disorders, suicidality, and help-seeking behaviour among college students from different academic disciplines. PloS One, 17(12), e0279618. PubMed Abstract

Mak, A.D.P., Lee, S., Sampson, N.A., Albor, Y., Alonso, J., Auerbach, R.P., Baumeister, H., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D.D., Gutierrez-Garcia, R., Hasking, P., Lapsley, C., Lochner, C., Kessler, R.C., and on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health Survey International College Student collaborators. (2022). ADHD Comorbidity Structure and Impairment: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project (WMH-ICS). Journal of Attention Disorders, 26(8):1078-1096. PubMed Abstract

Mortier, P., Alonso, J., Auerbach, R.P., Bantjes, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D.D., Green, J.G., Hasking, P., Karyotaki, E., Kiekens, G., Mak, A., Nock, M.K., O'Neill, S., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N.A., Stein, D.J., Vilagut, G., Wilks, C., Zaslavsky, A.M., Mair, P., Kessler, R.C., WHO WMH-ICS collaborators. (2022). Childhood adversities and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first-year college students: results from the WMH-ICS initiative. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57(8):1591-1601. PubMed Abstract

Ward, C., McLafferty, M., McLaughlin, J., McHugh, R., McBride, L., Brady, J., Bjourson, A.J., Walsh, C.P., O'Neill, S.M., Murray, E.K. (2022). Suicidal behaviours and mental health disorders among students commencing college. Psychiatry Research, 307:114314. PubMed Abstract

2021

Andersson, C., Bendtsen, M., Lindfors, P., Molander, O., Lindner, P., Topooco, N., Egström, K. Berman, A.H. (2021). Does the management of personal integrity information lead to differing participation rates and response patterns in mental health surveys with young adults? A three-armed methodological experiment. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 30(4): e1891. PubMed Abstract

Bantjes, J., Kazdin, A.E., Cuijpers, P., Breet, E., Dunn-Coetzee, M., Davids, C., Stein, D.J., Kessler, R.C. (2021). A Web-Based Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among University Students: Open-Label, Pragmatic Trial. JMIR Mental Health, 8(5), e27400. PubMed Abstract

Bantjes, J., Saal, W., Gericke, F., Lochner, C., Roos, J., Auerbach, R. P., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R. C., & Stein, D. (2021). Mental health and academic failure among first-year university students in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 51(3): 396-408. Abstract

Bantjes, J., Breet, E., Lochner, C., Roos, J., Kessler, R.C., Stein, D.J. (2021). Reducing nonfatal suicidal behaviour among university students: actuarial analysis of potential effects of treating common mental disorders. South African Journal of Psychology, 51(1): 21-34. Abstract

Borges, G., Orozco, R., Benjet, C., Martínez Martínez, K.I., Contreras, E.V., Jiménez Pérez, A.L., Pelaez Cedrés, A.J., Hernández Uribe, P.C., Covarrubias Díaz-Couder, M.A., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A, Quevedo Chávez, G.E., Albor, Y., Mendez, E., Medina-Mora, M.E., Mortier, P., Ayuso-Mateos, J.L. (2021). (Internet) Gaming Disorder in DSM-5 and ICD-11: A Case of the Glass Half Empty or Half Full: (Internet) Le trouble du jeu dans le DSM-5 et la CIM-11: Un cas de verre à moitié vide et à moitié plein. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 66(5):477-484. PubMed Abstract

Cuijpers, P., Smit, F., Aalten, P., Batelaan, N., Klein, A., Salemink, E., Spinhoven, P., Struijs, S., Vonk, P., Wiers, R.W., de Wit, L., Gentili, C., Ebert, D.D., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R.C., Karyotaki, E. (2021). The associations of common psychological problems with mental disorders among college students. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12: 573637. PubMed Abstract

Cuijpers, P., Miguel, C., Ciharova, M., Aalten, P., Batelaan, N., Salemink, E., Spinhoven, P., Struijs, S., de Wit, L., Gentili, C., Ebert, D., Harrer, M., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R.C., Karyotaki, E. (2021). Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 28(3), 229-244. Abstract

Husky, M. M., Kovess-Masfety, V., Gobin-Bourdet, C., & Swendsen, J. (2021). Prior depression predicts greater stress during covid-19 mandatory lockdown among college students in France. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 107, 152234. PubMed Abstract

McLafferty, M., Brown, N., McHugh, R., Ward, C., Stevenson, A., McBride, L., Brady, J., Bjourson, A.J., O'Neill, S.M., Walsh, C.P., Murray, E.K. (2021). Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal Behaviour Among College Students: Comparisons Pre-Covid-19 and During the Pandemic. Psychiatry Research Communications, 1(2): 100012. Full text link

Myers, B., Bantjes, J., Lochner, C., Mortier, P., Kessler, R.C., Stein, D.J. (2021). Maltreatment during childhood and risk for common mental disorders among first year university students in South Africa. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(7):1175-1187. PubMed Abstract

Preece, D.A., Kiekens, G., Boyes, M., Mortier, P., Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R., Hasking, P. (2021). Acquired Capability for Suicide Among Belgian and Australian University Students: Psychometric Properties of the German Capability for Suicide Questionnaire and a test of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(3):403-415. PubMed Abstract

Renteria, R., Benjet, C., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Abrego Ramírez, A., Albor, Y., Borges, G., Covarrubias Díaz, A., Durán, M.S., González González, R., Guzmán Saldaña, R., Hermosillo De la Torre, A.E., Martínez-Jerez, A.M., Martinez Martinez, K.I., Medina-Mora, M.E., Martínez Ruiz, S., Paz Pérez, M.A., Pérez Tarango, G., Zavala Berbena, M.A., Méndez, E., Auerbach, R.P., Mortier, P. (2021). Prevalence of 12-month mental and substance use disorders in sexual minority college students in Mexico. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(2):247-257. PubMed Abstract

Renteria, R., Benjet, C., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Abrego Ramírez, A., Albor, Y., Borges, G., Covarrubias Díaz Couder, M.A., Durán, M.S., González González, R., Guzmán Saldaña, R., Hermosillo De la Torre, A.E., Martínez-Jerez, A.M., Martinez Martinez, K.I., Medina-Mora, M.E., Martínez Ruiz, S., Paz Pérez, M.A., Pérez Tarango, G., Zavala Berbena, M.A., Méndez, E., Auerbach, R.P., Mortier, P. (2021). Suicide thought and behaviors, non-suicidal self-injury, and perceived life stress among sexual minority Mexican college students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 281: 891-898. PubMed Abstract

Saruhanjan, K., Zarksi, A.C., Bauer, T., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P., Spiegelhalder, K., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R., Karyotaki, E., Berking, M., Ebert, D.D. (2021). Psychological interventions to improve sleep in college students: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(1):e13097. PubMed Abstract

Vigo, D., Jones, L., Munthali, R., Pei, J., Westenberg, J., Munro, L., Judkowicz, C., Wang, A.Y., Van den Adel, B., Dulai, J., Krausz, M., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Yatham, L., Gadermann, A., Rush, B., Xie, H., Pendakur, K., Richardson, C. (2021). Investigating the effect of COVID-19 dissemination on symptoms of anxiety and depression among university students. BJPsych Open, 7(2):e69. PubMed Abstract

2020

Amanvermez, Y., Rahmadiana, M., Karyotaki, E., de Wit, L., Ebert, D.D., Kessler, R.C., Cuijpers, P. (2020). Stress management interventions for college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 00: e12342. Online Abstract

Ballester, L., Alayo, I., Vilagut, G., Almenara, J., Cebrià, A.I., Echeburúa, E., Gabilondo, A., Gili, M., Lagares, C., Piqueras, J.A., Roca, M., Soto-Sanz, V., Blasco, M.J., Castellví, P., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Auerbach, R.P., Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J.A; UNIVERSAL study group. (2020). Mental disorders in Spanish university students: Prevalence, age-of-onset, severe role impairment and mental health treatment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 273:604-613. PubMed Abstract

Bantjes, J., Saal, W., Lochner, C., Roos, J., Auerbach, R.P., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R.C., Stein, D.J. (2020). Inequality and mental healthcare utilisation among first-year university students in South Africa. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 14:5. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Wittenborn, A., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Albor, Y.C., Vargas Contreras, E., Cruz Hernández, S., Valdés-García, K.P., Monroy, I.R., Peláez Cedrés, A.J., Hernández Uribe, P.C., Covarrubias Días, A., Quevedo Chavez, G.E., Paz-Peréz, M.A., Medina-Mora, M.E., Bruffaerts, R. (2020). Treatment delivery preferences associated with type of mental disorder and perceived treatment barriers among Mexican university students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 67(2):232-238. PubMed Abstract

Harrer, M., Adam, S.H., Rathner, E.M., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P., Bruffaerts, R., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Jacobi, C., Taylor, C.B., Ebert, D.D. (2020). Prevention of Eating Disorders at Universities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(6):813-833. PubMed Abstract

Husky, M. M., Kovess-Masfety, V., & Swendsen, J. D. (2020). Stress and anxiety among university students in France during Covid-19 mandatory confinement. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 102: 152191. PubMed Abstract

Karyotaki, E., Cuijpers, P., Albor, Y., Alonso, J., Auerbach, R.P., Bantjes, J., Bruffaerts, R., Ebert, D.D., Hasking, P., Kiekens, G., Lee, S., McLafferty, M., Mak. A., Mortier, P., Sampson, N., Stein, D.J., Vilagut, G., Kessler, R.C., on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) collaborators. (2020). Sources of stress and their association with mental disorders in college students: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Initiative.Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1759. PubMed Abstract

McLafferty, M., Bunting, B.P, Armour, C., Lapsley, C., Ennis, E., Murray, E., O'Neill, S.M. (2020). The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies on psychopathology and suicidal behaviour following negative childhood experiences. Children and Youth Services Review, 116. information. Abstract

Serra, R., Kiekens, G., Vanderlinden, J., Vrieze, E., Auerbach, R.P., Claes, L., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D.D.., Tarsitani, L., Green, J.G., Kessler, R.C., Nock, M.K., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R. (2020). Binge eating and purging in first-year college students: Prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity, and academic performance. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(3), 339-348. PubMed Abstract

Wilks, C.R., Auerbach, R.P., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P., Ebert D.D., Green, J.G., Mellins, C.A., Mortier, P., Sadikova E., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C. (2020). The importance of physical and mental health in explaining health-related academic role impairment among college students. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 123: 54-61. PubMed Abstract

2019

Alonso, J., Vilagut, G., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Cujipers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D.D., Ennis, E., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Greif Green, J., Hasking, P., Lee, S., Bantjes, J., Nock, M.K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C., on behalf of the WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators. (2019). The role impairment associated with mental disorder risk profiles in the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1750. PubMed Abstract

Auerbach, R.P., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Cujipers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D., Green, J.G., Hasking, P., Lee, S., Lochner, C., McLafferty, M., Nock, M.K., Petukhova, M., Pinder-Amaker, S., Rosellini, A.J., Sampson, N.A., Vilagut, G., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C., and on behalf of the WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators. (2019). Mental disorder comorbidity and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys International College Student initiative International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1752. PubMed Abstract

Ballester, L., Alayo, I., Vilagut, G., Almenara, J., Cebrià, A.I., Echeburúa, E., Gabilondo, A., Gili, M., Lagares, C., Piqueras, J.A., Roca, M., Soto-Sanz, V., Blasco, M.J., Castellví, P., Forero, C.G., Bruffaerts, R., Mortier, P. Auerbach, R.P., Nock, M.K., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C., and Alonso, J. on behalf of the UNIVERSAL study group. (2019). Accuracy of online survey assessment of mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in Spanish university students. Results of the WHO World Mental Health- International College Student initiative. PLoS One, 14(9): e0221529. PubMed Abstract

Bantjes, J., Lochner, C., Saal, W., Roos, J., Taljaard, L., Page, D., Auerbach, R., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R.C., Stein D.J. (2019). Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of common mental disorders among first-year university students in post-Apartheid South Africa: Implications for a public mental health approach to student wellness. BMC Public Health, 19(1):922. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Abrego Ramírez, A,, Borges, G., Covarrubias Diaz, A., Durán, M.S., Gonzalez Gonzalez, R., Hermosillo de la Torre, A.E., Martinez Martinea, K.I., Medina-Mora, M.E., Mejia Zarazua, H., Perez Tarango, G., Zavala Berbena, M.A., Mortier, P. (2019). Psychopathology and self-injury among incoming first-year students in six Mexican universities. Salud Pública de México, 61:16-26. PubMed Abstract

Blasco, M.J., Vilagut, G., Almenara, J., Roca, M., Piqueras, J.A., Gabilondo, A., Lagares, C., Soto-Sanz, V., Alayo, I., Forero, C.G., Echeburúa, E., Gili, M., Cebrià, A.I., Bruffaerts, R., Auerbach, R.P., Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J., UNIVERSAL study group. (2019). Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: Prevalence and Association with Distal and Proximal Factors in Spanish University Students. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 256: 192-204. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Orozco, R., Benjet, C., Martinez Martinez, K.I., Vargas Contreras, E., Jiménez Pérez, A.L., Peláez Cedrés, A.J., Hernández Uribe, P.C., Covarrubias Díaz, A., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Albor, Y.C., Mendez, E., Medina-Mora, M.E., Mortier, P., Rumpf, H.J. (2019). DSM-5 Internet Gaming disorder among a sample of Mexican first-year college students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 8(4): 714-724. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R.P., Alonso, J., De la Torre, A.E.H., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D.D., Green, J.G., Hasking, P., Stein, D.J., Ennis, E., Nock, M.K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N.A., Vilagut, G., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C. and on behalf of the WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators. (2019). Lifetime and 12-month treatment for mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first year college students. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1764. PubMed Abstract

Cuijpers, P., Auerbach, R.P., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Ebert, D.D., Karyotaki, E., Kessler, R.C. (2019). Introduction to the Special Issue: The WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1762. PubMed Abstract

Cuijpers, P., Auerbach, R.P., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Ebert, D.D., Karyotaki, E., Kessler, R.C. (2019). The WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative: An overview. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1761. PubMed Abstract

Ebert, D.D., Mortier, P., Kaehlke, F., Bruffaerts, R., Baumeister, H., Auerbach, R.P., Alonso, J., Vilagut, G., Martinez, K.U., Lochner, C., Cuijpers, P., Kuechler, A.M., Green, J.G., Hasking, P., Lapsley, C., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C., and on behalf of WHO WMH-ICS collaborators. (2019). Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first-year college students: First cross-national results from the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2): e1782. PubMed Abstract

Ebert, D.D., Franke, M., Kählke, F., Küchler, A.M., Bruffaerts, R., Mortier, P., Karyotaki, E., Alonso, J., Cuijpers, P., Berking, M., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Baumeister, H. (2019). Increasing intentions to use mental health services among university students. Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial within the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e1754. PubMed Abstract

Ebert, D.D., Buntrock, C., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R., Weisel, K.K., Kessler, R.C., Cuijpers, P., Green, J.G., Kiekens, G., Nock, M.K, Demyttenaere, K., Bruffaerts, R. (2019). Prediction of major depressive disorder onset in college students. Depression and Anxiety, 36(4), 294-304. PubMedAbstract

Evans-Lacko, S., Thornicroft, G. (2019). Viewpoint: WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student initiative: implementation issues in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1756. Abstract

Harrer, M., Adam, S.H., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P., Karyotaki, E., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R., Berking, M., Ebert, D.D. (2019). Internet interventions for mental health in university students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1759. PubMed Abstract

Kählke, F., Berger, T., Schulz, A., Baumeister, H., Berking, M., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P., Kessler, R.C., Ebert, D.D. (2019). Efficacy of an unguided, internet-based self-help intervention for social anxiety disorder in university students: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 28(2):e1766. PubMed Abstract

Karyotaki, E., Klein, A.M., Riper, H., de Wit, L., Krijnen, L., Bol, E., Bolinski, F., Burger, S., Ebert, D.D., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R., Batelaan, N., van der Heijde, C.M., Vonk, P., Kleiboer, A., Wiers, R.W., Cuijpers, P. (2019). Examining the effectiveness of a web-based intervention for symptoms of depression and anxiety: Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(5):e028739. PubMed Abstract

Kiekens, G., Hasking, P., Claes, L., Boyes, M., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R. P., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Green, J.G., Kessler, R. C., Myin-Germeys, I., Nock, M. K., & Bruffaerts, R. (2019). Predicting the incidence of non-suicidal self-injury in college students. European Psychiatry, 59:44-51. PubMed Abstract

McLafferty, M., Armour, C., Bunting, B. Ennis, E., Lapsley, C., Murray, E. & O’Neill, S. (2019). Coping, stress and negative childhood experiences: the link to psychopathology, self-harm and suicidal behaviour. PsyCh Journal, 8(3):293-306. PubMed Abstract

Miranda-Mendizabal, A., Castellví, P., Alayo, I., Vilagut, G., Blasco, M.J., Torrent, A., Almenara, J., Lagares, C., Roca, M., Sesé, A., Piqueras, J.A., Soto-Sanz, V., Rodríguez-Marín, J., Echeburúa, E., Gabilondo, A., Cebrià, A.I., Bruffaerts, R., Auerbach, R.P., Mortier, P., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J., on behalf of the UNIVERSAL study group. (2019). Gender commonalities and differences in risk and protective factors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors: a cross-sectional study of Spanish university students. Depression & Anxiety, 36(11):1102-1114. PubMed Abstract

2018

Alonso, J., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Vilagut, G., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D., Ennis, E., Gutierrez-Garcia, R.A., Green, J.G., Hasking, P., Lochner, C., Nock, M.K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C., WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators. (2018). Severe role impairment associated with mental disorders: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project. Depression and Anxiety, 35(9):802-814.
PubMed Abstract, Erratum

Auerbach, R. P., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Ebert, D. D., Green, J. G., Hasking, P., Murray, E., Nock, M. K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N. A., Stein, D. J., Vilagut, G., Zaslavsky, A. M., Kessler, R. C., & WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators. (2018). The WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and Distribution of Mental Disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(7):623-638.
PubMed Abstract, Erratum

Benjet, C., Menendez, D., Albor, Y., Borges, G., Orozco, R., Medina-Mora, M.E. (2018). Adolescent predictors of incidence and persistence of suicide related outcomes in young adulthood: A longitudinal study of Mexican Youth. Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior, 48(6):755-766. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Mortier, P., Kiekens, G., Auerbach, R. P., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Green, J. G., Nock, M. K., & Kessler, R. C. (2018). Mental disorders in college freshmen: Prevalence and academic functioning. Journal of Affective Disorders, 225:97-103. PubMed Abstract

Harrer, M., Adam, S.H., Fleischmann, R.J., Baumeister, H., Auerbach, R., Bruffaerts, R., Cuijpers, P., Kessler, R.C., Berking, M., Lehr, D., Ebert, D.D. (2018). Effectiveness of an Internet- and App-Based Intervention for College Students with Elevated Stress: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(4):e136. PubMed Abstract

Kiekens, G., Hasking, P., Boyes, M., Claes, L., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R.P., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Green, J.G., Kessler, R.C., Myin-Germeys, I., Nock, M.K., Bruffaerts, R. (2018). The associations between non-suicidal self-injury and first onset suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Journal of Affective Disorders, 239:171-179. PubMed Abstract

Kiekens, G., Hasking, P., Claes, L, Mortier, P., Auerbach, R. P., Boyes, M., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Green, J. G., Kessler, R. C., Nock, M. K., & Bruffaerts, R. (2018). The DSM-5 non-suicidal self-injury disorder among incoming college students: Prevalence and associations with 12-month mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Depression and Anxiety, 35(7):629-637. PubMed Abstract

McLafferty, M., Armour, C., & O’Neill, S. (2018). Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among university students and the relationship with lifetime mood and anxiety disorders. European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, Stress Points, 32(4).

Mall, S., Mortier, P., Taljaard, L., Roos, J., Stein, D.J., Lochner, C. (2018).The relationship between childhood adversity, recent stressors, and depression in college students attending a South African university. BMC Psychiatry,18(1):63. PubMed Abstract

Mortier, P., Cuijpers, P., Kiekens, G., Auerbach, R.P., Demyttenaere, K., Green, J.G., Kessler, R.C., Nock, M.K., Bruffaerts, R. (2018). The prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among college students: A meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 48(4): 554-565. PubMed Abstract

Mortier, P., Auerbach, R. P., Alonso, J., Bantjes, J., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D. D., Green, J. G., Hasking, P., Nock, M. K., O’Neill, S., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N., Vilagut, G., Zaslavsky, A. M., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R. C., & WHO WMH-ICS Collaborators. (2018). Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first-year college students: Results from the WMH-ICS Project. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 57(4):263-273. PubMed Abstract

** Mortier, P., Auerbach, R.P., Alonso, J., Axinn, W.G., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D.D., Green, J.G., Hwang, I., Kessler, R.C., Liu, H., Nock, M.K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N., Zaslavsky, A.M., Abdulmalik, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Benjet, C., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., de Girolamo, G., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Hu, C., Huang, Y., de Jonge, P., Karam, E.G., Kiejna, A., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., McGrath, J.J., O’Neill, S., Nakov, V., Pennell, B.E., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Rapsey, C., Viana, M.C., Xavier, M., Bruffaerts, R. (2018). Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: Results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(3):279-288. PubMed Abstract

O'Neill, S., McLafferty, M., Ennis, E., Lapsley, C., Bjourson, T., Armour, C., Murphy, S., Bunting, B., Murray, E. (2018). Socio-demographic, mental health and childhood adversity risk factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviour in College students in Northern Ireland. Journal of Affective Disorders. PubMed Abstract

2017

McLafferty, M., Lapsley, C.R., Ennis, E., Armour, C., Murphy, S., Bunting, B.P., Bjourson, A.J., Murray, E.K., O'Neill, S.M. (2017). Mental health, behavioural problems and treatment seeking among students commencing university in Northern Ireland. PLoS One , 12(12):e0188785. PubMed

Mortier, P., Kiekens, G., Auerbach, R.P., Cuijpers, P., Demyttenaere, K., Green, J.G., Kessler, R.C., Nock, M.K, Zaslavsky, A.M., Bruffaerts, R. (2017). A Risk Algorithm for the Persistence of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors during College. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 78(7):e828-e836. PubMed Abstract

Mortier, P., Demyttenaere, K., Auerbach, R.P., Cuijpers, P., Green, J.G., Kiekens, G., Kessler, R.C., Nock, M.K., Zaslavsky, A., Bruffaerts, R. (2017). First onset of suicidal thoughts and behaviours in college. Journal of Affective Disorders, 207, 291-299. PubMed Abstract

2016

** Auerbach, R.P., Alonso, J., Axinn, W.G., Cuijpers, P., Ebert, D.D., Greif Green, J., Hwang, I., Kessler, R.C., Liu, H., Mortier, P., Nock, M.K., Pinder-Amaker, S., Sampson, N.A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Andrade, L.H., Benjet, C., Caldas-de-Almeida, J.M., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., de Girolamo, G., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Karam, E.G., Kiejna, A., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., McGrath, J.J., O'Neill, S., Pennell, B.-E., Scott, K., ten Have, M., Torres, Y., Zaslavsky, A.M., Zarkov, Z., Bruffaerts, R. (2016). Mental disorders among college students in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 46(14), 2955-2970. PubMed Abstract

Blasco, M.J., Castellví, P., Almenara, J., Lagares, C., Roca, M., Sesé, A., Piqueras, J.A., Soto-Sanz, V., Rodrĩguez-Marín, J.,Echeburúa, E., Gabilondo, A., Cebrià, A.I., Miranda-Mendizábal, A., Vilagut, G., Bruffaerts, R., Auerbach, R.P., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J. and on behalf of the UNIVERSAL study group. (2016). Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: Rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 122. PubMed Abstract

Cuijpers, P., Cristea, I.A., Ebert, D.D., Koot, H.M., Auerbach, R.P., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R.C. (2016). Psychological treatment of depression in college students: A meta-analysis. Depression and Anxiety, 33(5), 400-14. PubMed Abstract

2015

Mortier, P., Demyttenaere, K., Auerbach, R.P., Green, J.G., Kessler, R.C., Kiekens, G., Nock, M.K., Bruffaerts, R. (2015). The impact of lifetime suicidality on academic performance in college freshmen. Journal of Affective Disorders, 186, 254-260.

Mortier, P., Demyttenaere, K., Nock, M.K., Green, J.G., Kessler, R.C., Bruffaerts, R. (2015) [The epidemiology of ADHD in first-year university students] (article in Dutch).Tijdschrift voot Psychiatrie. 57(9):635-44. PubMed Abstract

** Based on data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys