KEY FINDINGS

This section offers a quick look at results from key survey measures.

Margin of error at 95% CI

(±1.4) (±1.2) (±3.0) (±1.9) (±2.7) (±2.1) (±2.4) (±3.1) (±2.7) (±3.2) Severe depression (positive PHQ-9 screen) 11.7* 16.6 15.8* 22.2 9.0 13.0 6.5 9.4 11.1 12.9 Depression overall, including severe and moderate (positive PHQ-9 screen) 27.7* 36.3 35.5* 45.2 23.3* 30.6 16.4* 26.2 23.8 29.2 Anxiety disorder (positive GAD-7 screen) 23.9* 30.9 28.0* 37.3 21.1 25.6 17.1 22.5 23.9 28.9 Eating disorder (positive SCOFF screen) 24.3 26.3 25.9 28.9 23.8 24.5 18.4* 24.0 24.0 24.4 Suicidal ideation (past year) 8.7 8.0 11.8 11.1 6.9 5.7 5.8 5.6 6.6 6.1 Lifetime diagnoses of mental disorders 32.9* 37.7 33.6 37.3 30.7* 36.1 32.7 34.0 38.1 43.8 Psychiatric medication (past year) 17.9 19.8 18.0 18.2 15.0 18.7 22.0 20.8 24.4 25.8 Mental health therapy/counseling (past year) 23.6* 30.0 25.2 29.7 20.4* 28.0 27.9 30.9 26.2* 34.6 Any mental health therapy/counseling and/or psychiatric medication among students with moderate to severe depression or anxiety screens (past year)2 38.9* 31.2 39.6* 24.3 35.0 38.0 45.1 25.1 45.7 46.7 Personal stigma: agrees with "I would think less of someone who has received mental health treatment." 8.0 9.1 7.1 6.9 9.8* 15.7 5.7 8.1 7.1 4.4 Perceived public stigma: agrees with "Most people would think less of someone who has received mental health treatment." 47.1* 52.5 40.6 49.6 50.0* 56.2 46.1* 54.6 58.8* 51.2

*refer to values from the student population in 2020 that are different when compared to the values from the same student group in 2018 based on the margin of error at 95% CI. refers to values from the student population in 2020 that are higher when compared to the values from the same student group in 2018 based on the margin of error at 95% CI. refers to values from the student population in 2020 that are lower when compared to the values from the same student group in 2018 based on the margin of error at 95% CI.

2 This variable has the following margin of error at 95% CI since they are calculated only among students with moderate to severe depression or anxiety: 2018: Total ±2.6%, UG ±3.8%, G-UPC ±4.4, G-HSC ±12.1 and G-Online ±8.1 | 2020: Total ±2.7%, UG ±3.5%, G-UPC ±5.2, G-HSC ±10.6 and G-Online ±8.4