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Psychiatric Morbidity in First-Year Undergraduates and the Effect of Brief Psychotherapeutic Intervention—A Pilot Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. Krystyna Szulecka ,
Nigel R. Springett  and
Karel W. de Pauw
T. Krystyna Szulecka*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Worksop, Notts S81 0BD
Nigel R. Springett
Affiliation:
Student Counselling and Welfare Centre, Cherry Tree Buildings, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
Karel W. de Pauw
Affiliation:
Arnold Lodge, Towers Hospital, Gipsy Lane, Leicester LES 0TD
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Out of 1279 first-year undergraduates, two matched groups of students potentially vulnerable to psychological disturbance were identified. One was left to its own resources; the other was offered psychotherapeutic intervention, the effects of which were measured by the number of consultations with general practitioners, type of treatment and rate of withdrawal from university. Although the students in the intervention group had fewer consultations, lower General Health Questionnaire scores at follow-up, and fewer withdrew from university, due to the small numbers involved none of these differences achieved statistical significance.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 1 , July 1986 , pp. 75 - 80
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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