Are college students more disturbed today? Stability in the acuity and qualitative character of psychopathology of college counseling center clients: 1992-1993 through 2001-2002

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 327-337

  Schwartz, Allan J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Counseling Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Clinical versus actuarial assessment; College students; Medication; Psychopathology; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33745513810     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.54.6.327-337     Document Type: Article

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