Help seeking for mental health on college campuses: Review of evidence and next steps for research and practice

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 222-232

  Eisenberg, Daniel ^a   Hunt, Justin ^b   Speer, Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^c Behavioral Sciences Research Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Help seeking; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SCREENING; STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865338461     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2012.712839     Document Type: Review

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