Counseling and outreach strategies for assisting multiracial college students

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 19-31

  Paladino, Derrick A ^a   Davis Jr , Harrison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biracial; College students; Counseling; Mental health; Multiracial

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746792773     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J035v20n03_03     Document Type: Article

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