Help-Seeking for College Students with Mental Illness


	Help-Seeking for College Students with Mental Illness

dmegivern

7-27-2007 12:16 PM

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college, mental.illness, treatment, psychology

dmegivern says:

Long ignored, the mental health of college students is finally getting attention.

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7-27-2007 6:52 PM

zasel

dmegivern, thank you for bringing this story to our attention. For too long the lack of services for these people has been ignored. It is good to see that someone, somewhere, is beginning to take this situation seriously.

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