Distress and Suicidality in Higher Education: Implications for Population-Oriented Prevention Paradigms

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 98-113

  Brownson, Chris ^a   Drum, David J ^a   Swanbrow Becker, Martin A ^b   Saathoff, Andrea ^a   Hentschel, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; coping; prevention; stress; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963665636     PISSN: 87568225     EISSN: 15404730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87568225.2016.1140978     Document Type: Article

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