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The campus cure : a parent's guide to mental health and wellness for college students / Marcia Morris, MD.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]Description: xvii, 235 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538104521
  • 1538104520
  • 9781538139882
  • 153813988X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Part I. Problems -- Anxiety: the college years are now the age of anxiety -- Depression: when college is not the happiest time in life -- Substance use disorders: should you just say no when bit comes to drugs and alcohol? -- Academic failure to thrive: attention deficit disorder and other ailments -- part II. Pressures -- Loneliness: the importance of social belonging in college success -- Perfectionism: the dangers of duck syndrome -- Culture, sexuality, and gender challenges: a time to heal -- Financial stress: debt bubbles, depression and health care blues -- part III. Crises -- Suicidal behaviors: a parent's worst fear -- Sexual assault and intimate partner violence: being there in their darkest hour -- Eating disorders: drunkorexia and other dangerous trends -- Psychosis: heartbreak and hope.
Summary: Most mental illnesses start to arise in the later teen years and early twenties, making college-age young adults a vulnerable population. Here, Marcia Morris looks at the most common mental health issues facing this age group and what parents can do to recognize symptoms, get treatment, and support their children through these challenging years.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 362.1968 M877 Available 33111009597218
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Did you know that one of four college students was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the last year? College students are experiencing anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and other mental health issues at alarming rates in a landscape of growing academic, social, and financial pressures. As a college mental health psychiatrist for over two decades and a mother of two twenty-somethings, Marcia Morris has witnessed the ways problems can derail students from their goals, while parent interventions at critical junctures can help get students back on track. The Campus Cure: A Parent Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students is a first aid guide to your child's emotional health, preparing you to handle the mental health problems and emotional ups and downs many young adults experience in college. With anecdotes and the latest scientific literature, this book will increase your awareness of common problems, pressures, and crises in college; illustrate how you can support your child and collaborate with campus resources; and provide stories of hope to parents who often feel alone and overwhelmed when their child experiences a mental health problem. While you have the passion to help your child, this book will provide you with the tools to guide your child toward health and happiness in the college years.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Problems -- Anxiety: the college years are now the age of anxiety -- Depression: when college is not the happiest time in life -- Substance use disorders: should you just say no when bit comes to drugs and alcohol? -- Academic failure to thrive: attention deficit disorder and other ailments -- part II. Pressures -- Loneliness: the importance of social belonging in college success -- Perfectionism: the dangers of duck syndrome -- Culture, sexuality, and gender challenges: a time to heal -- Financial stress: debt bubbles, depression and health care blues -- part III. Crises -- Suicidal behaviors: a parent's worst fear -- Sexual assault and intimate partner violence: being there in their darkest hour -- Eating disorders: drunkorexia and other dangerous trends -- Psychosis: heartbreak and hope.

Most mental illnesses start to arise in the later teen years and early twenties, making college-age young adults a vulnerable population. Here, Marcia Morris looks at the most common mental health issues facing this age group and what parents can do to recognize symptoms, get treatment, and support their children through these challenging years.

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