Personal distress and professional help seeking among black students in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: NORTHERN SOTHO SPEAKING PEOPLE, PERSONAL DISTRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, STUDENTS (COLLEGE)
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4213
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6429
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6429
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the sources of professional help of black South African students in times of personal distress.-
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