Mental health issues and the university student /

"Dr. Iarovici describes the current college mental health crisis and narrates how college mental health services have evolved along with changes in student populations. She discusses students' lifestyle problems and psychiatric concerns, using case vignettes to explore a variety of interve...

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Main Author: Iarovici, Doris (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Crisis on the college campus?
  • The changing face of the American university student
  • Generational issues on campus
  • The psychiatrist's role in college mental health
  • Sleep problems on campus
  • Alcohol on campus
  • Non-alcohol substance abuse on campus
  • Loneliness and relationships on campus
  • Perfectionism
  • Clash of cultures : the international student
  • Clash of cultures : LGBT students
  • Disordered eating
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Anxiety
  • Depression and other mood problems
  • Psychotic symptoms
  • Emergency situations on campus
  • Impulse control problems, behavioral "addictions," and other problematic behaviors
  • The non-traditional student
  • Models of treatment
  • Treatment challenges in the university population.