Mental health need of students at entry to university: Baseline findings from the U-Flourish Student Well-Being and Academic Success Study.

Aim: Transition to university is associated with unique stressors and coincides with the peak period of risk for onset of mental illness. Our objective in this analysis was to estimate the mental health need of students at entry to a major Canadian university.

Methods: After a student-led engagement campaign, all first year students were sent a mental health survey, which included validated symptom rating scales for common mental disorders.