Main description:

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.

Contents:

National Trends (With chapters by:)

Amy Alexander, MD, Stanford and Ludmila De Faria, MD Florida State Univ - Title TBD

Norman Chazin, MD, Stockton University - Title TBD

Ghazala Rehan, MD, Cal State San Marcos - Title TBD

Steve Sager, MD, UCLA/Pepperdine - Title TBD

Diane Gottlieb, MD, Drexel University - Title TBD

Mehak Chopra, MD, UCSF - Title TBD

Nancy Downs, MD, UC San Diego - Title TBD

Models of Care to Improve Access (With chapters by:)

Lindsey Mortenson MD , Univ of Michigan- title TBD

Meera Menon, MD, Ohio State - Title TBD

The Parent Factor: Collaborating with Parents to Promote Access

Marcia Morris, MD, University of Florida- Mental Health

Innovative Ways to Support Campuses, Students, Families

Victor Schwartz, MD , Erica Riba, et al. Jed Foundation

Healthy Minds

Sara Lipson, PHD, Boston University- Update-

Summary and Future Directions

Riba and Menon