Mental Health Disparities Among College Students of Color

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 348-356

  Lipson, Sarah Ketchen ^a   Kern, Adam ^b   Eisenberg, Daniel ^c   Breland Noble, Alfiee M ^d  

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

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent and young adult mental health; Campus mental health; College students of color; Disparities; Help seeking; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ARAB AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85053373546     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.04.014     Document Type: Article

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