The British Journal of Psychiatry 149: 75-80 (1986)
© 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatric morbidity in first-year undergraduates and the effect of brief psychotherapeutic intervention--a pilot study
TK Szulecka, NR Springett and KW de Pauw
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.
