Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses

Pim Cuijpers; C. Miguel; Marketa Ciharova; Pauline Aalten; Neeltje Batelaan; Elske Salemink; Philip Spinhoven; Sascha Struijs; Leonore de Wit; Claudio Gentili; David Daniel Ebert; Mathias Harrer; Ronny Bruffaerts; Ronald C. Kessler; Eirini Karyotaki

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Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses

Pim Cuijpers, C. Miguel, Marketa Ciharova, Pauline Aalten, Neeltje Batelaan, Elske Salemink, Philip Spinhoven, Sascha Struijs, Leonore de Wit, Claudio Gentili, David Daniel Ebert, Mathias Harrer, Ronny Bruffaerts, Ronald C. Kessler, Eirini Karyotaki

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We conducted an umbrella review of 31 meta-analyses with 608 primary studies, examining the effects of psychological interventions for prevention and treatment of mental and psychological problems in college students. The proportion of unique primary studies included in the meta-analyses ranged from 6 to 100%. For problems like depression, anxiety, and stress, effective universal, indicated, and treatment interventions are available. For alcohol problems effects are small and it is not clear if these are clinically relevant. Effective interventions have been developed for smoking cessation, test-anxiety, internet addiction, procrastination, and bystander sexual assault prevention programs. The quality of most meta-analyses and almost all primary studies was suboptimal. Therefore, all findings have to be considered with caution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-244
Number of pages	16
Journal	Clinical Psychology
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000030
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

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Cuijpers, P., Miguel, C., Ciharova, M., Aalten, P., Batelaan, N., Salemink, E., Spinhoven, P., Struijs, S., de Wit, L., Gentili, C., Ebert, D. D., Harrer, M., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, R. C., & Karyotaki, E. (2021). Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses. Clinical Psychology, 28(3), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000030

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