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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Education Higher & further education, tertiary education

• Full title: Mental Health Issues and the University Student
• Author: Doris Iarovici
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9781421412719
• ISBN: 1421412713
• ID: 04791866
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Weight: 480 g
• Dimensions: 158 × 227 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. April 2014

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