TABLE 2.
Psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses received in the past 12 months among participants in the American College Health Association–National College Health Assessment IIB, by race-ethnicitya
| Symptom and diagnosis | Total (N=67,308) | White (N=43,330) | Hispanic (N=5,980) | Black (N=3,002) | Asian/Pacific Islander (N=7,166) | AI/NA/NH (N=357)b | Multiracial (N=7,473) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Symptom | ||||||||||||||
| Ever felt things were hopeless | 33,508 | 49.8 | 20,737 | 47.9 | 3,093 | 51.7 | 1,463 | 48.7 | 3,900 | 54.4 | 157 | 44.0 | 4,158 | 55.6 |
| Ever felt overwhelmed by all you had to do | 58,737 | 87.3 | 38,517 | 88.9 | 5,067 | 84.7 | 2,471 | 82.3 | 5,775 | 80.6 | 279 | 78.2 | 6,628 | 88.7 |
| Ever felt exhausted (not from physical activity) | 55,794 | 82.9 | 36,478 | 84.2 | 4,745 | 79.3 | 2,336 | 77.8 | 5,554 | 77.5 | 264 | 73.9 | 6,417 | 85.9 |
| Ever felt very lonely | 40,974 | 60.9 | 26,482 | 61.1 | 3,325 | 55.6 | 1,725 | 57.5 | 4,332 | 60.5 | 170 | 47.6 | 4,940 | 66.1 |
| Ever felt very sad | 44,074 | 65.5 | 28,466 | 65.7 | 3,719 | 62.2 | 1,837 | 61.2 | 4,556 | 63.6 | 198 | 55.5 | 5,298 | 70.9 |
| Ever felt so depressed that it was difficult to function | 23,843 | 35.4 | 14,764 | 34.1 | 2,097 | 35.1 | 1,013 | 33.7 | 2,754 | 38.4 | 106 | 29.7 | 3,109 | 41.6 |
| Ever felt overwhelming anxiety | 39,139 | 58.1 | 25,638 | 59.2 | 3,289 | 55.0 | 1,519 | 50.6 | 3,873 | 54.0 | 185 | 51.8 | 4,635 | 62.0 |
| Ever felt overwhelming anger | 26,560 | 39.5 | 16,383 | 37.8 | 2,446 | 40.9 | 1,239 | 41.3 | 2,907 | 40.6 | 138 | 38.7 | 3,447 | 46.1 |
| Ever intentionally cut, burned, bruised, or otherwise injured yourself | 4,766 | 7.1 | 3,158 | 7.3 | 344 | 5.8 | 131 | 4.4 | 458 | 6.4 | 25 | 7.0 | 650 | 8.7 |
| Ever seriously considered suicide | 6,621 | 9.8 | 4,109 | 9.5 | 518 | 8.7 | 275 | 9.2 | 743 | 10.4 | 38 | 10.6 | 938 | 12.6 |
| Ever attempted suicide | 995 | 1.5 | 551 | 1.3 | 99 | 1.7 | 52 | 1.7 | 125 | 1.7 | 10 | 2.8 | 158 | 2.1 |
| Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||
| Depression only | 2,283 | 3.4 | 1,544 | 3.6 | 175 | 2.9 | 84 | 2.8 | 182 | 2.5 | 13 | 3.6 | 285 | 3.8 |
| Anxiety only | 4,083 | 6.1 | 3,019 | 7.0 | 271 | 4.5 | 105 | 3.5 | 204 | 2.8 | 23 | 6.4 | 461 | 6.2 |
| Depression and anxiety | 6,734 | 10.0 | 5,010 | 11.6 | 376 | 6.3 | 148 | 4.9 | 361 | 5.0 | 32 | 9.0 | 807 | 10.8 |
| Other | 3,662 | 5.4 | 2,566 | 6.0 | 231 | 3.9 | 128 | 4.3 | 253 | 3.5 | 27 | 7.6 | 457 | 6.1 |
a
Results are from spring 2015.
b
AI/NA/NH, American Indian/Native Alaskan/Native Hawaiian.