The mental health of university students in the United Kingdom

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-441

  Macaskill, Ann ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

counselling services; mental health; psychiatric caseness; student mental health crisis; university students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881662747     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2012.743110     Document Type: Article

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