Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 180-185 , October 2009

Persistence of mental health problems and needs in a college student population

  • Kara Zivin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), Ann Arbor, MI, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Rachel Upjohn Building, 4250 Plymouth Road, Box 5765, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. Tel.: +1 734 769 7100x56009; fax: +1 734 845 3249.
    • ,
  • Daniel Eisenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
    • ,
  • Sarah E. Gollust

      Affiliations

    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Ezra Golberstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Received 25 August 2008 ,Revised 30 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 January 2009.

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PII: S0165-0327(09)00009-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.01.001

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 180-185 , October 2009

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