Campus Cure - A Parent''s Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students

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.

List of contents

Part I. Problems
Chapter 1. Anxiety: The College Years are Now the Age of Anxiety
Chapter 2. Depression: When College Is Not the Happiest Time in Life
Chapter 3. Substance Use Disorders: Should You Just Say No When It Comes to Drugs and Alcohol?
Chapter 4. Academic Failure to Thrive: Attention Deficit Disorder and Other Ailments
Part II. Pressures
Chapter 5. Loneliness: The Importance of Social Belonging in College Success
Chapter 6. Perfectionism: The Dangers of Duck Syndrome
Chapter 7. Culture, Sexuality, and Gender Challenges: A Time to Heal
Chapter 8. Financial Stress: Debt Bubbles, Depression and Healthcare Blues
Part III. Crises
Chapter 9. Suicidal Behaviors: A Parent's Worst Fear
Chapter 10. Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Being There in Their Darkest Hour
Chapter 11. Psychosis: Heartbreak and Hope
Chapter 12. Eating Disorders: Drunkorexia and Other Dangerous Trends

About the author

By Marcia Morris MD

Product details

• Authors: Marcia Morris, Marcia MD Morris
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781538139882
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3988-2
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Psychologie, SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Psychology, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression, Abnormal psychology, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias