Mental health help-seeking among Arab university students in Israel, differentiated by religion

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-167

  Al Krenawi, Alean ^a,b   Graham, John R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Christian; Druze; Help seeking; Mental health; Muslim; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951732142     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670903454229     Document Type: Article

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