Counseling brazilian undergraduate students: 17 years of a campus mental health service.
OBJECTIVE
The authors reviewed demographic and clinical characteristics of undergraduates at a Brazilian public university (UNICAMP) who visited the campus mental health service (SAPPE) and compared their demographics with those from all undergraduate students enrolled in the university.


METHODS
The authors looked at data from all undergraduates who sought counseling or mental health care at SAPPE over a 17-year period (N = 2,203; 1987-2004).


METHODS
They obtained this information from clinical charts and a UNICAMP database.


RESULTS
Women, students from other Brazilian states, students living in the campus residence hall, and students whose main source of income was a scholarship were overrepresented. Female student-clients complained about family conflicts more frequently than did their male counterparts, and male student-clients reported concern about poor academic performance more frequently than did their female counterparts.


CONCLUSIONS
Sex, living in a university residential facility, and reliance on a scholarship grant were predictive of undergraduates' mental health-seeking behavior and pattern of complaints.
de Oliveira
Maria Lilian Coelho
ML
The Psychological and Psychiatric Service for Students, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil.
de Rosalmeida Dantas
Clarissa
C
de Azevedo
Renata Cruz Soares
RC
Banzato
Claudio Eduardo Muller
CE
D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection; D019992:Databases as Topic; D037001:Directive Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult