Identifying the unmet needs of college students on the autism spectrum

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-137

  Pinder Amaker, Stephanie ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; College student mental health; Ecological systems theory; High functioning autism spectrum disorder; Postsecondary education; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BIOECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER REJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STALKING; SUICIDE; SYSTEMS THEORY; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902122099     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000032     Document Type: Review

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