Is Student Pathology Really Increasing? Seven Measures of the Acuity of Counseling Center Clients, 1992–2007

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 257-270

  Schwartz, Allan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

college counseling centers; diagnoses; Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI); severity; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944067749     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2015.1074017     Document Type: Article

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