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Written for parents, students, college counselors, and administrators, College of the Overwhelmed is a landmark book that explores the stressors that cause so many college students to suffer psychological problems. The book is filled with insights and stories about the current mental health crisis on our nation’s campuses and offers a hands-on guide for helping students overcome stress and succeed in a college environment. Authors Dr. Richard Kadison–a national expert on the topic of campus mental health–and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo examine the effects of such commonplace stress factors as identity development, relationships, sexuality, roommate problems, academic pressures, extracurricular demands, parental expectations, and racial and cultural differences that affect self-worth. The book includes the personal stories of students under stress and describes how they overcame a variety of problems. The authors discuss the warning signs and symptoms of common problems, including depression, sleep disorders, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, impulsive behaviors, and suicide.
College of the Overwhelmed offers parents, college health services staff, and administrators a way to confront and deal with this ongoing crisis, showing them how to understand and recognize symptoms and act before it’s too late. The book includes a how-to chapter for parents and shows how parents can be involved and proactive in guarding their college-aged children’s mental health. In addition, this vital resource offers students checklists, tips, and advice for reducing the day-to-day stresses of college life.
An Action Plan for Confronting the Serious Psychological Crisis Among Students
"A wise and highly readable guide for parents and their college-aged students to developmental and mental health issues that confront college students and worry their loving parents, by the director of one of the nation’s leading college mental health services. Kadison’s words will help parents talk with their sons and daughters about difficult subjects, and they will help students develop courage to accept help for themselves."
– Elizabeth Studley Nathans, dean of freshmen, Harvard College
"Dr. Kadison’s twenty-five years of experience in working with students puts him in an ideal position to educate parents and advise them on the important issues in college mental health. He has done an excellent job in exploring these issues for the parents of college students."
– Lorraine Siggins, M.D., psychiatrist-in-chief, Yale University Health Service; clinical professor of psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
"Richard Kadison has created an extraordinary book. It is thoroughly grounded in evidence and data about college mental health, as well as in Kadison’s extensive experience working with college students. His conversational writing style and use of case examples make the text come alive. All of his audiences – students, parents, and administrators – will get thoughtful and actionable insights form this powerful work."
– Patricia Light, Ed.D., director, MBA Support Services, Harvard Business School
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