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Prevalence of On-Campus Student Mental Health Services at U.S. Colleges and Universities: A Web-Based Analysis
James Aluri1, Arman Terzian1, Ramin Mojtabai1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (Aluri); Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Terzian); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans (Mojtabai); Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park (Arria).
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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