Student counseling services: Using text messaging to lower barriers to help seeking

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-299

  Joyce, David ^a   Weibelzahl, Stephan ^a  

^a NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Captology; Depression; Help seeking; Mental health; Student welfare; Texting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961215654     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2011.593705     Document Type: Article

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