College Psychiatry - Strategies to Improve Access to Mental Health

This book explores the practical strategies outlined by national thought leaders to improve access to mental health care in the practice of college psychiatry. It addresses the escalating need for mental health services on college and university campuses.
Concise yet comprehensive, the book considers the college experience for the increasingly diverse student body, including non-traditional college students, first-generation college students, and students with a history of mental illness. Beginning with a discussion on the current national health trends in college mental health, chapter one explores the current epidemiology of student mental health problems, the systemic challenges in recruitment, and funding psychiatric services. Subsequent chapters then delve into the various systems and models of psychiatric care for college students, including differing parental involvement levels and the importance of collaborative care to short term management and referral of students at risk. Chapters five and six examine mental health considerations for LGBTQ, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color students. Further chapters analyze the critical nature of successfully navigating a leave of absence, as well as the consideration of threat assessment on college campuses. The book closes with a highly relevant evaluation of telemental health and telepsychiatry in the College Setting as it pertains to the ongoing barriers to care caused by COVID-19.

Socially conscious and timely, College Psychiatry is an indispensable text for all mental health professionals.

List of contents

National Trends in College Mental Health.- 2. Systems and Models of Psychiatric Care for College Students.- 3. The Parent Factor: Collaborating with Parents to Promote Mental Health.- 4. No Wrong Door: Improving Access Through Collaboration.- 5. Working with LGBTQ Students.- 6. Mental Health considerations for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color: Trends, barriers and recommendations for collegiate mental health.- 7. Taking Care of Our Own:  Shoring Up Resilience and Preventing Suicide in Mental Health Professionals.- 8. Navigating A Leave of Absence.- 9. Threat Assessment  on College Campuses.- 10. Preventing suicide and promoting mental health among college students: The Jed Foundation.- 11. Telemental Health and Telepsychiatry in the College Setting.

About the author

Michelle B. Riba, M.D., M.S.

Clinical Professor

University of Michigan

Department of Psychiatry

Ann Arbor, MI 

 

Meera Menon, M.D.

Senior Staff Psychiatrist

Counseling and Consultation Service

The Ohio State University Office of Student Life

Columbus, Ohio

Product details

Assisted by	Michell B Riba (Editor), Michelle B Riba (Editor), Menon (Editor), Menon (Editor), Meera Menon (Editor), Michelle B. Riba (Editor)
Publisher	Springer, Berlin
Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	18.05.2021
EAN	9783030694678
ISBN	978-3-0-3069467-8
No. of pages	159
Illustrations	XIV, 159 p. 6 illus. in color.
Series	Psychiatry Update
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine

Product details

• Assisted by: Michell B Riba (Editor), Michelle B Riba (Editor), Menon (Editor), Menon (Editor), Meera Menon (Editor), Michelle B. Riba (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2021
• EAN: 9783030694678
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3069467-8
• No. of pages: 159
• Illustrations: XIV, 159 p. 6 illus. in color.
• Series: Psychiatry Update
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine