Mental Health Issues and the University Student

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1238-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

Case-based intervention strategies for mental health professionals working with college and university students.

Young adults enter college with many challenges—complicated family dynamics, identity issues, and extreme pressure to succeed, among others. Students may also have mental health difficulties, ranging from adjustment disorders to mood disorders, and growing numbers of them are seeking help on campus.

But these students are also resilient and eager to learn, stepping onto campus with hope for a new and better phase of life. Doris Iarovici, a psychiatrist at Duke University Counseling and Psychological Services, sees in college and university mental health services an opportunity for mental health professionals to bring about positive change with young people during a crucial period of their development.

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 interventions. Included are discussions of substance abuse, relationship difficulties, eating disorders, depression and anxiety, and culture clashes. Problems uniquely addressed in this book include sleep disturbances and perfectionism. An essential component of the volume is a guide to making emergency assessments, from risk classification and hospitalization to public safety and communication within and outside the campus community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iarovici, Doris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erziehungsberatung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures
Part I. The Student in Context: The Interdependent Campus
Chapter 1. Crisis on the College Campus?
Chapter 2. The Changing Face of the American University Student
Chapter 3. Generational Issues on Campus
Chapter 4. The Psychiatrist's Role in College Mental Health
Part II. Clinical Challenges
Chapter 5. Sleep Problems on Campus
Chapter 6. Alcohol on Campus
Chapter 7. Non-alcohol Substance Abuse on Campus
Chapter 8. Loneliness and Relationships on Campus
Chapter 9. Perfectionism
Chapter 10. Clash of Cultures: International Students
Chapter 11. Clash of Cultures: LGBT Students
Chapter 12. Disordered Eating
Chapter 13. Difficulty Concentrating
Chapter 14. Anxiety
Chapter 15. Depression and Other Mood Problems
Chapter 16. Psychotic Symptoms
Chapter 17. Emergency Situations on Campus
Chapter 18. Impulse Control Problems, Behavioral Addictions, and Other Problematic Behaviors
Chapter 19. The Nontraditional Student
Chapter 20. Models of Treatment
Chapter 21. Treatment Challenges in the University Population
Epilogue. Student Emotional Well-Being: Looking toward the Future
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Iarovici, Doris
Doris Iarovici, MD, provides psychiatric care to college students at Harvard University’s Counseling and Mental Health Services. She was previously a psychiatrist at Duke University, in private practice, and at a residential eating disorders treatment program. Her essays about college mental health have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Psychiatric Times, and elsewhere.

Doris Iarovici, M.D., is a psychiatrist at Duke University Counseling and Psychological Services.