Nearly one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and only 25 percent of college-aged Americans with mental problems get treatment, according to a new report published in Archives of General Psychiatry.
The disorders include obsessive or compulsive tendencies and anti-social behavior that can sometimes lead to violence; however, bipolar disorders were less common in individuals attending college. The report also found that the risk of alcohol use disorders was significantly greater for college students than for their non-college-attending peers.
The study’s scope included interviews with more than 5,000 people between the ages of 19 to 25.
Study co-author Dr. Mark Olfson of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute said college mental health services personnel need to extend students’ access to treatment.
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