TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Mental health in higher education students and non-students: evidence from a nationally representative panel study
JO  - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
A1  - Tabor, Evangeline
A1  - Patalay, Praveetha
A1  - Bann, David
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Despite increasing policy focus on mental health provision for higher education students, it is unclear whether they have worse mental health outcomes than their non-student peers. In a nationally-representative UK study spanning 2010-2019 (N = 11,519), 17-24 year olds who attended higher education had lower average psychological distress (GHQ score difference =  - 0.37, 95% CI - 0.60, - 0.08) and lower odds of case-level distress than those who did not (OR = 0.91, 95% CI 0.81, 1.02). Increases in distress between 2010 and 2019 were similar in both groups. Accessible mental health support outside higher education settings is necessary to prevent further widening of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0933-7954
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02032-w
ID  - ref1
ER  -