Predictors of mental health and academic outcomes in first-year university students: Identifying prevention and early-intervention targets.

Anne C Duffy Charles Donald George Keown-StonemanS GooddayJ HorrocksM LoweN KingW PickettS H McNevinS CunninghamD RiveraL BisdounisC R BowieK HarknessK E A Saunders

Published in: BJPsych open (2020)

Clinically significant mental health symptoms are common and persistent among first-year university students and have a negative impact on academic performance and well-being. A comprehensive mental health strategy that includes a whole university approach to prevention and targeted early-intervention measures and associated research is justified.

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