A 12-year trend of psychological distress: National study of Finnish university students

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 113-119

  Oksanen, Airi ^a   Laimi, Katri ^a   Björklund, Katja ^b   Löyttyniemi, Eliisa ^c   Kunttu, Kristina ^d  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; GHQ 12; Psychological distress; University students; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WELLBEING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85029668034     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4438     Document Type: Article

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