Mental Health and Academic Success in College

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Eisenberg, Daniel ^a   Golberstein, Ezra ^b   Hunt, Justin B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

College; Education; Higher education; Human capital; Mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350583062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2191     Document Type: Article

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