College student suicide: A call to action

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 931-956

  Westefeld, John S ^a   Button, Christopher ^a   Haley, James T ^a   Kettmann, Julie Jenks ^a   Macconnell, Jennifer ^a   Sandil, Riddhi ^a   Tallman, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COUNSELING; CREATIVITY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33749255583     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180600887130     Document Type: Article

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