Table 1.

Prevalence of lifetime mental disorders at T1 and first-onset disorders after T1 but before educational transitions in respondents of National Comorbidity Survey and National Comorbidity Survey follow-up according to student status at T1.

Mental disorders	Students at T1						Non-students at T1
	Subsample 1: graduating from high schoola (N=407)		Subsample 2: going to collegeb (N=417)		Subsample 3: Completing ≥4 years of collegec (N=404)		Subsample 1: graduating from high schoola (N=582)		Subsample 2: going to collegeb (N=1,731)		Subsample 3: completing ≥4 years of collegec (N=1,701)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
T1 lifetime disorders
Bipolar disorder	5	1.4	6	1.4	3	1.0	18	2.8	40	1.9	39	1.6
Any fear disorder	104	24.5	102	24.1	92	22.1	204	26.9	579	25.7	549	24.3
Any anxiety-misery disorder	61	14.2	65	15.6	60	14.2	176	21.5	518	23.9	552	22.7
Any externalizing disorder	84	17.9	83	17.2	95	22.5	297	39.8	796	35.2	773	33.1
Any mental disorders	177	40.2	177	40.1	182	43.4	424	55.7	1232	55.9	1225	53.5
Mental disorders with first onset after T1 and prior to educational transition
Bipolar disorder	23	4.6	23	4.7	17	3.1	35	4.0	77	3.5	80	4.8
Any fear disorder	75	19.4	74	18.1	71	19.0	166	23.2	364	18.7	341	18.6
Any anxiety-misery disorder	33	8.2	37	8.8	49	12.9	74	10.7	191	10.0	189	10.2
Any externalizing disorder	83	19.4	102	22.8	113	29.1	90	13.2	252	13.9	230	11.6
Any mental disorders	159	38.3	174	41.1	185	48.4	259	37.4	675	36.4	639	33.8

Note: T1 represents the baseline National Comorbidity Survey conducted in 1990–1992 and T2, the National Comorbidity Survey-2 conducted in 2001–2003.

^aRespondents with <12 years of education at T1 (students with less than 7 years of education were excluded).

^bRespondents with ≤12 years of education at T1 and ≥12 years of education at T2 (students with less than 7 years of education were excluded).

^cRespondents with ≤15 years of education at T1 and ≥13 years of education at T2 (students with less than 7 years of education were excluded).