TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The relationship of level of positive mental health with current mental disorders in predicting suicidal behavior and academic impairment in college students
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Keyes, Corey L. M.
A1  - Eisenberg, Daniel
A1  - Perry, Geraldine S.
A1  - Dube, Shanta R.
A1  - Kroenke, Kurt
A1  - Dhingra, Satvinder S.
SP  - 126
EP  - 133
VL  - 60
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2011.608393
ID  - ref1
ER  -