Mental health and higher education: Mapping field, consciousness and legitimation

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-56

  Baker, Sally ^a   Brown, B J ^b   Fazey, John A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Mental distress; Universities

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH; STUDENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646237149     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018306059765     Document Type: Article

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