Falling through the cracks - Virginia Tech and the restructuring of college mental health services

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Shuchman, Miriam ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447324961     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp078096     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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3. Sutphin M. Psychiatric support lapses at Virginia Tech counseling center. The Collegiate Times. August 12, 2005.
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT Mental Health Task Force report. November 6, 2001. (Accessed June 20, 2007, at web.mit.edu/chancellor/ mhtf/.)
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