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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kadison, Richard, 1949- College of the overwhelmed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2004 (OCoLC)644149619 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Kadison; Theresa Foy DiGeronimo |
ISBN: | 0787974676 9780787974671 0787981141 9780787981143 |
OCLC Number: | 54825907 |
Description: | iv, 296 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Normal developmental issues -- Pressure and competition : academic, extracurricular, parental, racial, and cultural -- Financial worries and social fears -- Crisis on campus : feeling hopeless and helpless -- What are colleges doing about the crisis? and what more should be done? -- What can parents do? -- For students only. |
Responsibility: | Richard Kadison, Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. |
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"Kadison and DiGeronimo do a commendable job.... Parents will find sensible suggestions for helping their children deal with college life." ("Publishers Weekly, August 30, 2004) Kadison, chief of mental health services at Harvard, and DiGeronimo (How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things) are deeply concerned about the marked growth in serious mental health problems on campus: they note statistics showing that almost half of all students will become seriously depressed during their college career and may engage repeatedly in binge drinking. One in 10 undergraduates, they say, will seriously consider suicide. And the crisis is augmented, say the authors, by the cutbacks in mental health programs at many colleges due to budgetary considerations. Kadison and DiGeronimo do a commendable job of outlining the many stresses students face, such as academic pressure, financial problems, feelings of social inadequacy and, for women, a fear of sexual assault. In a stark chapter, the authors outline the self-destructive coping mechanisms adopted by those with emotional problems, including eating disorders, drug abuse, cutting and suicide attempts. Parents will find sensible suggestions for helping their children deal with college life. Most important, say the authors, is keeping the lines of communication open by listening to children without judgment or criticism. Parents, college counselors and administrators, and students themselves (to whom the last chapter is addressed) will find helpful, if sometimes disturbing, information here. (Oct.) (Publishers Weekly, August 30, 2004) Read more...
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