title: University students and mental health. Canada, Britain and Singapore.
abstract: There are many crucial determinants of the individual outcome and benefit of a university education including the stressful interplay of cultural and socioeconomic factors which are of growing importance in the inflationary 1970's. An epidemiological study of university students from 1969-1972 in Canada, 1973-1974 in Britain, and 1975 in Singapore, attempted to identify stresses leading to mental ill-health in these students. Singapore was chosen as an example of a culture bridging the developed Northern and developing Southern nations of the world. Cultural differences affecting the results of the study are discussed as is the role of social change.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012846:Singapore; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000208:ethnology; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities