Mental Health Stigma, Self-Concealment, and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian American and European American College Students with No Help-Seeking Experience

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 266-279

  Masuda, Akihiko ^a   Boone, Matthew S ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help; European Americans; Mental health stigma; Self concealment

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355165075     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-011-9129-1     Document Type: Article

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