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Primary mental health issues among college students 2016-2017

Percentage of mental health clinicians who stated select issues were the top concerns of their college student patients during the 2016-2017 academic school year

The data displays the percentage of clinicians who stated select issues were the leading concerns of their college student mental health patients during the 2016-2017 academic school year. According to the data, clinicians stated that among their student clients, about 24% had anxiety as their primary mental health concern.

Anxiety	24.1
Depression	18.6
Relationship problem (specific)	7.9
Stress	5.7
Family	4
Interpersonal functioning	3.4
Grief/loss	3.3
Academic performance	3.3
Adjustment to new environment	2.6
Mood instability	2.4
Trauma	2.3
Self-esteem/confidence	2.1
Other	2
Eating/body image	1.8
Sexual abuse/assault (victim)	1.8
Suicidality	1.5
Identity development	1.2
Alcohol	1.2
Attention difficulties	1.1
Anger management	0.9
Career	0.9
Obessions or compulsions	0.8
Drugs	0.8
Perfectionism	0.7
Social isolation	0.7
Health/medical	0.7
Legal/judicial/conduct	0.7
Harrassment/emotional abuse (victim)	0.5
Sleep	0.4
Sexual concern	0.4
Self-injurious thoughts or behaviors	0.4
Sexual orientation	0.3
Gender identity	0.3
Racial, ethnic, or cultural concerns	0.2
Addiction (not drugs or alcohol)	0.2
Psychotic thoughts or behaviors	0.2
Physical abuse/assult (victim)	0.2
Pregnency related	0.1
Religion/spirituality	0.1
Violent thoughts towards others	0.1
Financial	0.1
None	0.1
Discrimination	0
Stalking (victim)	0

Primary mental health issues among college students 2016-2017

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