Prevalence of anxiety, depression, mania, insomnia, stress, suicidal ideation, psychotic experiences, & loneliness in UK university students.

ABSTRACT: Despite existing wellbeing services, university students remain particularly vulnerable to mental health difficulties. Therefore, this study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms by using well validated scales with robust psychometric properties. More specifically, the current data provides crucial information concerning the prevalence of anxiety, depression, mania, insomnia, stress, suicidal ideation, psychotic experiences and loneliness amongst a sample of N = 1408 UK university students. A cross-sectional online questionnaire-based study was implemented. Online recruitment for this dataset began on September 17^th, 2018, and ended on the 30^th July 2019. Eight validated measures were used: Generalized Anxiety Dis

SUBMITTER: Akram U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10499890 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature