The Cultural Barriers of Mental Health

International Students’ Access to Mental Health Services in Higher Education

  • Elizabeth Fiala The Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Keywords: crisis-management, cross-cultural issues, university/higher education, ethics equity and social justice, student services, student learning and development, international student and scholar services

Abstract

Due to stigma around mental health in his home country and a lack of accessible mental health resources in his host country, a young international student has trouble receiving the care he needs to be successful in US higher education. 
Published
2020-05-15
Issue
Vol 1 No 1 (2020): Case Studies in International Education: Issue 1
Section
Articles

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