College psychiatry as public health psychiatry. 1967

This ten-year survey of the use of student mental health services offered by the University of North Carolina suggests that increased usage over time has been due to greater availability of staff and a broadening of services offered rather than to an increase of the prevalence of mental illness amon...

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Published in:Journal of American college health 2006-05, Vol.54 (6), p.317-325
Main Authors: Reifler, Clifford B, Liptzin, Myron B, Fox, J Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Fox
History, 20th Century
Humans
Liptzin
Male
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mental Health Services - history
Mental Health Services - utilization
North Carolina - epidemiology
Reifler
Student Health Services - history
Student Health Services - utilization
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Summary:This ten-year survey of the use of student mental health services offered by the University of North Carolina suggests that increased usage over time has been due to greater availability of staff and a broadening of services offered rather than to an increase of the prevalence of mental illness among the student body. The authors believe that college psychiatry, as one of the earliest examples of the provision of mental health services to a community, can be used as a model for other aspects of public health psychiatry.
ISSN:0744-8481