Mental health care in the college community / edited by Jerald Kay, Victor Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kay, Jerald.

Schwartz, Victor, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--Mental health--Textbooks.

College students.

Mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mental health concerns are the most serious and prevalent health problems among students in higher education. Increasingly effective psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments have facilitated matriculation for students with histories of anxiety, mood, personality, eating and substance abuse disorders. This phenomenon has been accompanied by a striking increase in the number of previously undiagnosed students requesting treatment. College and university mental health programs struggle to care for larger numbers of students, necessitating greater interdisciplinary collaboration in t

Contents:

MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1 The Rising Prominence of College and University Mental Health Issues; 2 History of College Counseling and Mental Health Services and Role of the Community Mental Health Model; 3 The Reporting Structure and Relationship of Mental Health Services with Health Services; 4 Components of an Effective College Mental Health Service; 5 Essential Services in College Counseling; 6 The Counseling Center Team; 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in College Mental Health; 8 Working with the Campus Community

9 Crisis and Crisis Intervention on College Campuses10 Working with Parents and Families of Young Adults; 11 Psychiatry Residency Training in College Mental Health Services; 12 Psychology and Social Work Training in University Mental Health; 13 Special Populations; 14 Using A Public Health Approach to Address Student Mental Health; 15 Magnitude and Prevention of College Alcohol and Drug Misuse: US College Students Aged 18-24; 16 Conducting Research in College and University Counseling Centers; 17 International Perspectives: College Mental Health in the United Kingdom; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612550010

9781119964896

111996489X

9781282550018

1282550012

9780470686836

0470686839

9780470686843

0470686847

OCLC:

609862920