Response to college students' mental health needs: a rapid review.

Autor: Gaiotto EMG; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Trapé CA; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Campos CMS; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Fujimori E; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Carrer FCA; Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Odontologia. Departamento de Odontologia Social. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Nichiata LYI; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Cordeiro L; Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Medicina. Curso de Terapia Ocupacional. Pelotas, RS, Brasil., Bortoli MC; Secretaria de Estado da Saúde. Instituto de Saúde. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Yonekura T; Hospital do Coração. Laboratório de Implementação do Conhecimento em Saúde. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Toma TS; Secretaria de Estado da Saúde. Instituto de Saúde. São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Soares CB; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista de saude publica [Rev Saude Publica] 2022 Jan 05; Vol. 55, pp. 114. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 05 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055003363
Abstrakt: Objective: To present strategic options to support the adoption of mental health strengthening policies for university students in the field of health, to be implemented by university institutions.
Methods: Rapid review, without period delimitation, with searches carried out from May to June 2020, in 21 sources of bibliographic data, including gray literature. The following keywords were used: mental health, students and university. The selection process prioritized systematic reviews of mental health interventions for university students in health care courses, and also considered other types of review and relevant primary studies.
Results: Forty-five studies were included: 34 systematic reviews, an evidence synthesis, an overview, a scope review, three narrative reviews, three experience reports and two opinion articles. The evidence from these studies supported the development of four options: 1) to establish and support policies to strengthen the mental health of students in health care courses; 2) to integrate mental health care programs, expand their offer and facilitate access by students; 3) to promote educational programs and communication strategies related to contemporary psychic suffering and its confrontation, so that students can get to know the services and resources and identify strengthening practices; 4) to continuously monitor and assess the mental health needs of students in health care courses.
Conclusions: The options are challenging and require universities to establish institutional commissions to implement a policy to strengthen the mental health of university students in the health area, with the ability to recognize the different health needs, including manifestations of psychic suffering ; to integrate the university's internal actions with each other and with the services of the Unified Health System; to implement and monitor the actions that make up the mental health policy.
Databáze: MEDLINE