Ideas, evidence, practice
Aug 2026
See how CFA, item response theory and network analysis revealed what reliability coefficients alone could not about the PHQ-9 and DASS-21.
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A 602-student Pakistani study shows how PHQ-9 scores, item response theory and symptom networks reveal detail hidden by total depression scores.
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A study of 602 Pakistani students found higher depression and anxiety scores in non-medical students, challenging a familiar assumption.
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In our Pakistani university sample, non-medical students reported higher depression and anxiety scores, challenging a common assumption about student mental health.
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A Pakistani student study challenges the idea that medical students automatically have worse mental health than peers in other disciplines.
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Academic major showed a measurable link with student depression, but gender, sleep, prior treatment and unmeasured factors told a much larger story.
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New evidence challenges the assumption that medical students carry the greatest mental-health burden and supports a campus-wide approach to prevention.
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A statistically significant one-point difference may be real without being large. Here is how to judge effect size, uncertainty, and practical meaning.
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Our BMC Psychology study found higher depression and anxiety scores among non-medical students, challenging assumptions about student mental health.
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Student depression may be better understood through prior depression treatment, gender and sleep than by academic discipline alone, our study suggests.
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