Il counselling psicodinamico per studenti universitari. Una ricerca empirica di valutazione dell'efficacia

Detecting and Managing Mental Health Issues within Young Adults. A Systematic Review on College Counselling in Italy

“…Thirty-four articles retrieved: 26 in Italian [ 4 , 15 , 24 - 47 ] and 8 in English [ 2 , 12 , 16 , 48 - 52 ]. Of the total amount of 34 articles, only 16 give detailed descriptions of their academic counselling service, thus they have been considered relevant for the present review [ 4 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 27 , 29 , 31 , 32 , 37 , 38 , 44 - 46 , 48 - 50 ].…”

“…The few data collected show that the students who have followed a counselling path improved their welfare, experienced a strengthening of their ego, a more positive self-perception and more sureness [ 15 ], as well as a reduction in the level of distress and psychopathological symptoms [ 16 ].…”

“…The guidelines emphasize the importance of each service to engage in research in order to evaluate its own operation. Unfortunately, only two universities present data reporting the effectiveness of their services [ 15 , 16 ].…”

Computerized linguistic analysis of counselors’ clinical notes in a university counseling center: Which associations correspond with students’ symptom reduction in a brief psychodynamic intervention?

“…University counseling represents an effective tool for promoting students’ mental health and for reducing a variety of psychological disorders (Barnett et al, 2021). Several studies have shown its effectiveness in reducing students’ anxiety, depression, withdrawal, somatic complaints, thought disorders, and attentional problems (Bani et al, 2020; Cerutti et al, 2022), as well as increasing their sense of belonging and self-efficacy, self-confidence, and self-strengthening (Laquale et al, 2015; Stallman et al, 2016). Despite this evidence, there is still a paucity of literature on which variables are involved in explaining the effectiveness of university counseling centers.…”