Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Nañagas, Maria LuciaKantartzis, Sarah2022-07-182022-07-182022-06-08Nañagas, M. L., & Kantartzis, S. (2022). Occupational alienation and the mental health of university students. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 30(spe), e3097. https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoRE23433097https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/12510https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoRE23433097From Crossref journal articles via Jisc Publications RouterArticle version: VoRPublication status: PublishedSarah Kantartzis - ORCID: 0000-0001-5191-015X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5191-015XVoR added 2022-01-12Abstract Mental health, especially in the youth, has been a prevailing concern in recent years. University students are a particularly high-risk population for mental health problems. Changing perspectives in the field of mental health present the opportunity to explore this concept through an occupational justice lens – specifically that of occupational alienation. Through a brief review of relevant literature, this critical essay will explore the relationship among the concepts of alienation from both a sociology and occupational science perspective, and consider the insights that may be obtained through application of this concept to understanding the mental health of university students. The use of an occupational justice lens provides an opportunity for an alternative perspective when considering factors potentially contributing to the mental health problems in this population.Licence for VoR version of this article starting on 2022-01-01: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Occupational TherapyEducationHealth (social science)Mental healthSocial alienationOccupational therapyOccupational alienation and the mental health of university studentsarticle2022-06-17