Psychological and Mental Health Support for Vietnamese University Students in Economics Majors: Approaches and Needs Assessment.

Students at Vietnamese economics universities commonly experience negative emotional states, particularly anxiety related to academic workload, financial instability, personal health, and future career orientation.

• Study employed a mixed-methods cross-sectional design combining large-scale questionnaire surveys with qualitative interviews.
• Survey included 701 respondents from economics universities in Vietnam.
• Anxiety was identified as a predominant negative emotional state among the student population.
• Multiple sources of anxiety were identified: academic workload, financial instability, personal health, and future career orientation.

A proportion of students reported depressive symptoms including persistent sadness, prolonged stress, and physiological disturbances such as insomnia and disordered eating.

• Depressive symptoms were identified through the mixed-methods cross-sectional design combining surveys (n=701) and qualitative interviews.
• Physiological disturbances reported included insomnia and disordered eating.
• Persistent sadness and prolonged stress were among the depressive symptoms reported.
• The paper does not specify an exact proportion for depressive symptom prevalence in the abstract.

Severe behavioral disorders are uncommon among economics university students, but signs of declining academic motivation, social withdrawal, and weakened interactions with lecturers are evident.

• Behavioral findings were drawn from the 701-respondent survey combined with qualitative interviews.
• Declining academic motivation was identified as a notable behavioral sign.
• Social withdrawal was observed as a behavioral pattern among students.
• Weakened interactions with lecturers were identified as a distinct manifestation of behavioral decline.

Students expressed strong demand for mental health support, particularly in career guidance, learning strategies, emotional regulation, and interpersonal problem-solving.

• Support needs were assessed through the mixed-methods design with 701 survey respondents and qualitative interviews.
• Four key areas of expressed need were identified: career guidance, learning strategies, emotional regulation, and interpersonal problem-solving.
• The demand for support was characterized as 'strong' by the authors.
• These needs were identified specifically within the context of economics university students in Vietnam.

Individual, professional, and confidential counseling services were the most preferred forms of psychological support among Vietnamese economics university students.

• Preferences for support forms were assessed among 701 survey respondents, supplemented by qualitative interviews.
• Individual counseling was preferred over group or other modalities.
• Confidentiality was identified as a key characteristic students desired in counseling services.
• Professional delivery of counseling was highlighted as an important preference criterion.
• Findings highlight the need for a 'comprehensive mental health and psychological support system tailored to the context of Vietnamese universities.'

The study identified that understanding students' psychological support needs requires assessment of challenges faced, expectations regarding support forms, intervention methods, and service providers.

• A mixed-methods cross-sectional design was employed, combining large-scale questionnaire surveys (n=701) with qualitative interviews.
• The study was conducted at economics universities in Vietnam.
• The framework for needs assessment encompassed challenges, expectations about support forms, intervention methods, and service providers.
• The study addresses a context of rising academic pressure, career uncertainty, and major life transitions among university students.