Prevalence of mental disorders among Norwegian college and university students: a population-based cross-sectional analysis

Børge Sivertsen; Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen; Benedicte Kirkøen; Jens C. Skogen; Bengt Oscar Lagerstrøm; Kari-Jussie Lønning; Ronald C. Kessler; Anne Reneflot

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Prevalence of mental disorders among Norwegian college and university students: a population-based cross-sectional analysis

Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen Benedicte Kirkøen Jens C. Skogen Bengt Oscar Lagerstrøm Kari-Jussie Lønning Ronald C. Kessler

Anne Reneflot

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe Vol. 34 pp. 100732 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Nov 01, 2023
Vol/Issue: 34
Pages: 100732
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Børge Sivertsen

Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway; Department of Research & Innovation, Helse Fonna HF, Haugesund, Norway; Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen

Bengt Oscar Lagerstrøm

Dr. Costello is with the Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (e-mail: ). Ms. He is with the Division of Intramural Research Programs and Dr. Merikangas is with the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, both at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Ms. Sampson and Dr. Kessler are with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

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Anne Reneflot

Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Domain for Mental and Physical Health, Norway

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Kirke-, Utdannings- og Forskningsdepartementet

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Børge Sivertsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Benedicte Kirkøen, et al. (2023). Prevalence of mental disorders among Norwegian college and university students: a population-based cross-sectional analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 34, 100732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100732

Prevalence of mental disorders among Norwegian college and university students: a population-based cross-sectional analysis

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