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Jerald Kay - Mental Health Care in the College Community - 9780470746189 - V9780470746189
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Mental Health Care in the College Community

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Description for Mental Health Care in the College Community Paperback. Mental health concerns are the most serious and prevalent healthproblems among students in higher education. Increasingly effectivepsychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments havefacilitated matriculation for students with histories of anxiety,mood, personality, eating and substance abuse disorders. Editor(s): Kay, Jerald; Schwartz, Victor. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNH; JNM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
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 fills an important gap in the literature and provides a comprehensive resource for nearly every aspect ... Read more

This text will become essential reading for college mental health clinicians, graduate students in the mental health disciplines (psychiatry, psychology, counselling, nursing, and social work), student affairs deans and their staff, and even presidents or provosts of universities and colleges.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470746189
SKU
V9780470746189
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jerald Kay
Dr. Kay is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has served as the chair of the APA Committee on Medical Student Education, the Council on Medical Education and Career Development, the Vestermark Award Board, and the Committee on the Practice of Psychotherapy. He chairs the World Psychiatric Association ... Read more

Reviews for Mental Health Care in the College Community
"Mental Health Care in the College Community is a beautifully organized resource that is encyclopedic in its scope and detail. It offers administrators the why and how-to of creating state-of-the-art services that include crisis intervention, triage, psychotherapy, medication consultation, testing, referral, outreach, working with parents, and training psychiatry residents and psychology and social work interns. The authors are attuned to ... Read more

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