Mental Health Care in the College Community

Fills an important gap in the literature and provides a comprehensive resource for nearly every aspect of college mental health.

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 treatment, research, outreach, and educational services.

This book includes a strong emphasis on the training and education of graduate and professional students for future work in this field. Chapters are devoted to the significant ethical and legal issues related to treatment and associated administrative and policy challenges. Scholarly chapters on the promise of community mental hea

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Kay, Jerald; Schwartz, Victor

ISBN:

978-0-47-074618-9

Specialty:

• Psychiatry

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

396

Publication Year:

2010

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