Introduction to the special issue: The WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative
Cuijpers P, Auerbach RP, Benjet C, Bruffaerts R, Ebert D, Karyotaki E, Kessler RC (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article, Editorial
Publication year: 2019
Journal
Article Number: e1762
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1762
Abstract
Most mental disorders have their first onset in early adulthood. Epidemiological research, as well as research on preventive and early interventions, is therefore very important. This thematic issue focuses on one of the first systematic attempts to develop such services for college students. The WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative is based on the largest and continuously growing epidemiological dataset ever collected in college students. Based on these results, the initiative has now started to implement internet-based interventions for common mental disorders and emotional problems. In this special issue, a general paper about the initiative is presented, as well as a paper on the implementation of the WMH-ICS initiative in low and middle income countries. It also includes several papers with core epidemiological results of the initiative, a meta-analysis of internet-based interventions for mental health problems in college students and the first results of trials conducted as part of the initiative. Taken together, the papers in this special issue show that WMH-ICS is on its way to becoming a major initiative in addressing the problem of unmet need for treatment of mental health problems among college students.
Authors with CRIS profile
Involved external institutions
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) / University Amsterdam
Netherlands (NL)
Columbia University
United States (USA) (US)
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz / Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Dr. Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Mexico (MX)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) / Catholic University of Leuven
Belgium (BE)
Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Boston and Harvard Medical School
United States (USA) (US)
Netherlands (NL)
Columbia University
United States (USA) (US)
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz / Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Dr. Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Mexico (MX)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) / Catholic University of Leuven
Belgium (BE)
Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Boston and Harvard Medical School
United States (USA) (US)
How to cite
APA:
Cuijpers, P., Auerbach, R.P., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Ebert, D., Karyotaki, E., & Kessler, R.C. (2019). Introduction to the special issue: The WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1762
MLA:
Cuijpers, Pim, et al. "Introduction to the special issue: The WHO World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative." International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (2019).
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