Stigma and help seeking for mental health among college students

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 522-541

  Eisenberg, Daniel ^a   Downs, Marilyn F ^b   Golberstein, Ezra ^c   Zivin, Kara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Help seeking; Mental health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RELIGION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149095262     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709335173     Document Type: Article

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