Mental health in university students: an umbrella review grading the evidence for psychosocial interventions
Overview
This umbrella review evaluates the evidence for psychosocial interventions aimed at improving mental health in university students by analyzing data from multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The authors assess the strength of associations for various approaches, including mindfulness, cognitive-based, positive psychology, and multimodal interventions, using GRADE and AMSTAR-2 criteria. The resource provides a summary of effect sizes for outcomes such as distress, anxiety, depression, and well-being, noting that robust evidence primarily supports mindfulness and cognitive-based methods.
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- Giulia Muriago (University of Verona), Andrea Chiccoli (University of Verona), Davide Papola (University of Verona), Beatrice Compri (University of Verona), Giulia Turrini (University of Verona), Michela Nosè (University of Verona), Corrado Barbui (University of Verona)
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- 2026-05-01
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- 10.1136/bmjment-2025-302323
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@article{allodium:b93219f8c2a24523,
title = {Mental health in university students: an umbrella review grading the evidence for psychosocial interventions},
author = {Giulia Muriago and Andrea Chiccoli and Davide Papola and Beatrice Compri and Giulia Turrini and Michela Nosè and Corrado Barbui},
year = {2026},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1136/bmjment-2025-302323},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-302323}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Mental health in university students: an umbrella review grading the evidence for psychosocial interventions AU - Muriago, Giulia AU - Chiccoli, Andrea AU - Papola, Davide AU - Compri, Beatrice AU - Turrini, Giulia AU - Nosè, Michela AU - Barbui, Corrado PY - 2026 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1136/bmjment-2025-302323 UR - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-302323 ER -
APA
Muriago, G., Chiccoli, A., Papola, D., Compri, B., Turrini, G., Nosè, M., & Barbui, C. (2026). Mental health in university students: an umbrella review grading the evidence for psychosocial interventions. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-302323
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