College mental health 101 : a guide for students, parents, and professionals / Christopher Willard, Blaise Aguirre and Chelsie Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willard, Christopher (Psychologist), author.

Aguirre, Blaise, 1964- author.

Green, Chelsie, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School mental health services.

College students--Mental health services.

College students.

College students--Mental health.

College students--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

With a growing number of students entering college with an existing mental health diagnosis, 'College Mental Health 101' offers hope and clear direction to those struggling with mental illness.

Contents:

Intro

Advance praise for College Mental Health 101

Contents

Introduction

Author's Note

A Note to Parents

A Note to Educators

How Did We Get Here?

This Is a Big Book-Where Do I Begin?

What Is Stigma?

Where Else Can I Get Good Information?

Why Me? Why Now?

What Is This Biopsychosocial Thing?

Part I. Helping Yourself and Others

1 Applying and Transitioning to School

How Do I Pick a School When I Have Mental Health Issues?

Should I Pick a Big or Small School?

Should I Pick an Urban, Suburban, or Rural School?

Should I Stay Close to Home or Go Far Away?

Should I Look Into a Public or Private University or College?

What Kind of Housing Will I Want or Can I Get?

Full Time? Part Time? Gap Year?

So How Do I Pick?

What Questions Should I Ask About Mental Health? And Where?

Should I Mention Mental Health in My Admissions Interview or Essay?

Planning a Support Network at School: A Timeline

What Can I Expect Once I'm There?

How Do I Get the Accommodations I Need?

How Do Accommodations Work in College?

What Are My Rights and Responsibilities? What Are the School's?

2 Should I Stay or Should I Go?

What Should I Do If I'm Going Back to School?

What Happens When I Go on Leave?

What Are the Top-Three Things I Should Do on Leave?

Okay, Seriously Though, What Should I Do?

And What Should I Not Do?

Should I Take Some Classes on Leave to Stay Caught Up?

What Kind of Leave Should I Take-An Academic Leave? A Mental Health Leave? A Medical Leave? Just Take a Semester Off?

I Don't Think I Can Deal With Going Back . . . Should I Transfer?

Should I Do a Year or Semester Abroad or Away?

How Should I Disclose to Family, Friends, and Faculty/Staff About Mental Health Issues?

In Conclusion

3 Getting the Help You Need

How Do I Find a Therapist?.

Should I Get an On-Campus or Off-Campus Therapist?

What Do I Say on a Voicemail or Email? And How Do I Get a Therapist to Call Me Back?

What Do I Ask in a Consultation or Phone Call?

How Do I Find a Culturally Competent Therapist?

How Do I Even Ask About Cultural Competence?

How Do I Bring Up Cultural Misunderstandings With My Provider?

How Will I Pay for This?

How Do I Use Insurance?

What Do I Need to Know About Insurance?

Non-Insurance

What Happens in the First Session?

What Your Therapist Might Recommend After the First Session

What Is Confidentiality? What Would I Have to Say or Do to Cause My Therapist to Break Confidentiality?

What Do I Need to Know About Suicide?

What Are the Signs of Suicidal Thinking?

What Do I Do If I or Someone Else Is Suicidal?

How Honest Can I Really Be With My Therapist? I Don't Want to End Up in the Hospital!

Why Would Anyone Go to the Hospital?

How Do I Get Into the Hospital?

Once You Are Officially Admitted

What Happens in the Hospital?

What Happens After the Hospital? (Aftercare)

What Are the Intensive Programs That I Might Be Sent To?

How Do I Manage Cultural and Family Barriers to Treatment?

How Do I Get Privacy for Telehealth?

What Is Psychological Testing or Neuropsychological Testing?

4 What Kind of Therapy Do I Need?

What Is Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Therapy?

What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

What Are Cognitive Distortions?

What Else Do I Need to Know About CBT?

What Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?

What Type of Issues Is DBT Useful For?

How Does DBT Work?

What Are the DBT Skills?

What Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

What Is Positive Psychology?

What Are Mind-Body Approaches to Mental Health?

Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

Mind-Body Exercises.

What Is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?

What Are Family Therapy and Couples Therapy?

What Is Internal Family Systems?

What Is Spiritual Counseling?

What Are Arts and Expressive Therapies?

What Is Group Therapy?

5 Medication

What's the Role of Medication in Mental Health?

What Factors Should I Consider?

The Use of Medication on College Campuses

Can I Take Someone Else's Medication?

Is Medication a Cure-All?

Transition From Home to College

Access to a Prescriber

Access to a Pharmacy

Storing the Medication

Old Medication

Traveling With Medicine

Ensuring Timely Delivery of Refills

Some Other Ideas

Never Experiment With Prescription Drugs

What Are the Specific Medication Classes?

Antianxiety Medications

Antidepressants

Antipsychotics

Mood Stabilizers

Psychostimulants

Psychedelics and Other Medications

What If Your New Provider Wants to Change Your Medication?

6 Maintaining Your Gains and Self-Care

Why Does Self-Care Matter?

How Do I Build a Support Network of People?

What Is Real Self-Care?

Physical Safety

What Is Mindfulness?

What Are Some Different Mindfulness Practices?

What's the Deal With Yoga?

How Do I Manage Safety and Security Needs?

What About Love and Belonging?

What Are Esteem Needs?

What Is Actualization?

How Do I Manage Stress in a Nonstop Environment?

The CALM Reminder

HALT Check-In

What Are Some Other Self-Care and Self-Soothing Activities?

Time Management and Other Campus Resources

Find Perspective

Shift Your Focus

How Do I Handle Setbacks When They Emerge?

How Can I Make a Coping Plan?

How Can I Change My Mindset and Perspective?

Reflect on Past Wins

How Can I Get Better at Difficult Things?

How Do I Recognize My Red Flags?.

Red Flags Checklist

Journaling Exercise

Feeling Stuck?

Feeling Down?

How Can I Get Involved in Mental Health Activism?

What Can I Do to Get Involved?

7 Supporting Others

How Can I Support a Friend, Family Member, or Student Who Is Struggling?

Types of Validation in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Where Can We Get More Support?

Can I Actually Help a Friend Get Help or Make a Change?

What Are the Stages of Change?

How Else Can I Learn to Be a Better Listener or Support?

A Word About Fentanyl and Drug Overdoses

8 Feeling Different, Being Different

How Do I Manage Mental Health and My Marginalized Status?

General Guidance for Students in Marginalized Groups

What Advice Have Students Shared About Being Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)?

What Advice Have International Students Offered?

How About Dealing With Being Low Income as a Student?

What Are Challenges and Advice for First-Generation Students?

How Can I Cope With Confusion or Even Confidence Around Gender and Sexuality?

Are There Ways to Manage Physical Disabilities?

How Do Religious Students Cope in This Environment?

Part II. Diagnosis

How Do I Use the Diagnosis Section?

Some Words on Self-Diagnosis, Social Media, and Your Psych 101 Textbook

9 What Is Neurodivergence?

What Is Neurodivergence?

What Is Masking?

What Is The Deal With Self-Diagnosis?

Resources

What Is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

10 Adjustment and Anxiety Disorders

What Does an Adjustment Disorder Really Mean?

What Are Anxiety Disorders?

What are the Treatments for Anxiety?

What Are Panic Attacks?

Treatment for Panic Attacks

What Is a Social Anxiety Disorder?.

How Can I Manage Social Anxiety?

What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

What Are Some Different Types of OCD?

Treating OCD

What Is Trauma? And What Is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?

What Trauma Isn't

So, Then, What Is Trauma?

What Are Traumatic Events?

What are the Emotional Consequences of Traumatic Events?

What are Childhood Traumas and Adverse Childhood Experiences?

How Common Is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?

So What Is PTSD?

So If That's PTSD, What's Acute Stress Disorder?

What About Sexual Violence and Sexual Trauma?

What Should I Do If I've Experienced Sexual Violence?

What Should I Do If a Friend Has Experienced Sexual Violence?

11 Mood Disorders and Psychosis

What Is Major Depression?

What Are the Symptoms of Major Depression?

What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

What Is Persistent Depressive Disorder or Dysthymia?

How Should Dysthymia And Minor Depression Be Treated?

What Are Manic and Bipolar Disorders?

So What Does This All Mean?

So What's Bipolar Disorder? Or Bipolar I Versus Bipolar II? Or Hypomanic Episodes? Or Cyclothymia?

How Do People Manage Manic and Bipolar Episodes?

What Is Psychosis?

What Are Psychotic Disorders?

What Happens If Someone Is Psychotic?

How Is Psychosis Treated?

12 Behavioral Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-Harm, Eating Disorders, and Addictions

What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?

What Is Nonsuicidal Self-Harm?

Why Do People Self-Injure?

How Is Self-Harm Treated, and What Are Other Ways to Cope?

What Are Eating Disorders? And What Is Disordered Eating?

What Is Binge Eating Disorder?

What Is Bulimia?

What Is Anorexia?

How Are Eating Disorders Best Treated?

Substance Misuse-When Does It Go From a Party to a Problem?.

In Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 27, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-776443-6

0-19-776441-X

OCLC:

1503437838