In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the midst of global economic turmoil, university students and staff face unprecedented challenges to their mental-wellbeing. With a focus on the UK experience, this book presents a thorough examination of the mental health challenges faced in university communities. Key topics covered include the role of alcohol, social media, and financial pressures, as well as specific challenges presented by ethnicity and gender. The book draws on case studies and media extracts to demonstrate the reality of mental health within universities in the current climate, and includes practice points and suggestions for action to improve policy going forward. This is a much-needed handbook for mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and GPs, social support workers and counsellors, as well as teaching staff, students and parents.
By:
Jane Morris (University of Aberdeen)
Imprint: RCPsych/Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781911623830
ISBN 10: 1911623834
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 15 February 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introducing this handbook; 2. Building a new sense of belonging: the transition from school to university; 3. Transition to university for the new student with a pre-existing mental condition; 4. The Role of Parents and Carers; 5. Healthy bodies, body image concerns, eating disorders; 6. Alcohol; 7. Substance misuse; 8. Social (and anti-social) media: are universities in competition with an invisible 'virtual' curriculum? 9. Finance and mental health; 10. Neurodiversity – the autistic spectrum and ADHD; 11. Ethnically diverse university communities: challenges for students & staff from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds; 12. Sexual behaviour and gender identity in universities; 13. The mental health of teaching and academic staff; 14. An overview of mental disorders in students and staff; 15. The 'psychotic' disorders schizophrenia & bipolar; 16. Mood disorders: depression and anxiety; 17. Suicide at university; 18. Mental health services on campus and in the NHS; 19. Students of the Professions and Fitness to practise issues; 20. Summing it all up.
Dr Jane Morris is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist whose clinical work has spanned both CAMHS and adult settings. She has directed and taught on training courses in Psychological therapies, and supervised clinicians in a range of disciplines including Mental Health Mentors at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. She is currently Vice Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland.
