Prevalence of mental health problems in Australian university health services

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Stallman, Helen Margaret ^a   Shochet, Ian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic learning and achievement; Clinical counselling psychology; Mental health; Primary care; Stress; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449561653     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060902733727     Document Type: Article

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