Variations in Student Mental Health and Treatment Utilization Across US Colleges and Universities

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 388-396

  Ketchen Lipson, Sarah ^a,b   Gaddis, S Michael ^a,c   Heinze, Justin ^a   Beck, Kathryn ^a   Eisenberg, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking; institutional characteristics; mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939490896     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2015.1040411     Document Type: Article

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