Mental health problems in college freshmen: Prevalence and academic functioning

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 225, Issue , 2018, Pages 97-103

  Bruffaerts, Ronny ^a   Mortier, Philippe ^a   Kiekens, Glenn ^a   Auerbach, Randy P ^b,c   Cuijpers, Pim ^d   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Green, Jennifer G ^e   Nock, Matthew K ^f   Kessler, Ronald C ^b  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; ACHIEVEMENT; BELGIUM; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029160717     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.07.044     Document Type: Article

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