Publications by authors named "Patricia M Baez-Mansur"
Background: The college years are a developmentally sensitive period for mental disorder onset. Reliable epidemiological data are critical for informing public health responses. This study aimed to estimate prevalence and socio-demographic distributions of common DSM-5 mental disorders among first-year university students from 77 universities across 18 countries.
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- - The study investigates how various baseline mental disorders may predict the development of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in university students over one to three years, focusing on a group of 2,144 first-year students from six Mexican universities.
- - Findings show that having any mental disorder at baseline increases the likelihood of developing IGD by 2.33 times, although some individual disorders had diminishing effects when comorbidities were present.
- - Ultimately, only major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder were significantly linked to new cases of IGD, highlighting the need for further research to clarify the relationships observed in previous studies.
We seek to evaluate whether Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) among university students in Mexico during their first year at university predicts a long list of mental disorders a year later, controlling for baseline mental health disorders as well as demographics. This is a prospective cohort study with a one-year follow-up period conducted during the 2018-2019 academic year and followed up during the 2019-2020 academic year at six Mexican universities. Participants were first-year university students (n = 1741) who reported symptoms compatible with an IGD diagnosis at entry (baseline).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is associated with health, social, and academic problems but whether these are consequences of the disorder rather than precursors or correlates is unclear. We aimed to evaluate whether IGD in the 1st year of university predicts health, academic and social problems 1 year later, controlling for baseline health, academic and social problems, demographics, and mental health symptoms.
Methods: In a prospective cohort study, 1741 university students completed both a baseline online survey in their 1st year and a follow-up survey 1 year later.