Main description:

Did you know that one of four college students was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in the last year? College students are experiencing anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, and other mental health issues at alarming rates in a landscape of growing academic, social, and financial pressures. As a college mental health psychiatrist for over two decades and a mother of two twenty-somethings, Marcia Morris has witnessed the ways problems can derail students from their goals, while parent interventions at critical junctures can help get students back on track.

The Campus Cure: A Parent Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students is a first aid guide to your child's emotional health, preparing you to handle the mental health problems and emotional ups and downs many young adults experience in college. With anecdotes and the latest scientific literature, this book will increase your awareness of common problems, pressures, and crises in college; illustrate how you can support your child and collaborate with campus resources; and provide stories of hope to parents who often feel alone and overwhelmed when their child experiences a mental health problem. While you have the passion to help your child, this book will provide you with the tools to guide your child toward health and happiness in the college years.

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