ABSTRACT

Using the UK as an example, students attending higher education providers (HEPs) increasingly suffer mental ill-health due to new stress factors. Relationships between stress, frequently co-occurring chronic medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and mental health are explored as the basis for proposing The BodyMind Approach® (TBMA) as an innovative intervention, addressing the body and mind experience of MUS. Excessive stress can lead to/exacerbate, mental health difficulties and/or MUS (such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue/pain for which tests and scans are normal). MUS mostly affects women, non-native speakers and young people, all high numbers at HEPs. Students resist mental health services, and half in need do not disclose or seek help. TBMA, as an evidence-based, research-informed intervention, tested in the health service, is more accessible when framed as learning to self-manage symptom distress. Policymakers might consider this intervention to help improve student mental health as part of an institution-wide approach.

摘要

以英国为例，由于新的压力因素，就读于高等教育机构 (HEP) 的学生越来越多地遭受精神疾病的困扰。探索压力、经常同时发生的慢性医学上无法解释的症状 (MUS) 和心理健康之间的关系，作为提出 BodyMind Approach® (TBMA) 作为创新干预措施的基础，解决 MUS 的身心体验。过度的压力会导致/加剧心理健康问题和/或 MUS（如纤维肌痛、慢性疲劳/疼痛，而这些测试和扫描都是正常的）。MUS 主要影响女性、非母语人士和年轻人，这些都是 HEP 的高人数。学生抵制心理健康服务，一半有需要的学生不透露或寻求帮助。TBMA，作为一种以证据为基础、以研究为依据的干预措施，在卫生服务中进行了测试，在学习自我管理症状困扰时更容易获得。政策制定者可能会考虑将这种干预措施作为全机构方法的一部分，以帮助改善学生的心理健康。