Citation

Keyes CL, Eisenberg D, Perry GS, Dube SR, Kroenke K, Dhingra SS. J. Am. Coll. Health 2012; 60(2): 126-133.

Affiliation

a Department of Sociology , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07448481.2011.608393

PMID

22316409

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether level of positive mental health complements mental illness in predicting students at risk for suicidal behavior and impaired academic performance. Participants: A sample of 5,689 college students participated in the 2007 Healthy Minds Study and completed an Internet survey that included the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and the Patient Health Questionnaire screening scales for depression and anxiety disorders, questions about suicide ideation, plans, and attempts, and academic impairment. Results: Just under half (49.3%) of students were flourishing and did not screen positive for a mental disorder. Among students who did, and those who did not, screen for a mental disorder, suicidal behavior and impaired academic performance were lowest in those with flourishing, higher among those with moderate, and highest in those with languishing mental health. Conclusions: Positive mental health complements mental disorder screening in mental health surveillance and prediction of suicidal behavior and impairment of academic performance.

Language: en