Coping on Campus

Doris Iarovici, MD, provides psychiatric care to college students at Harvard University's Counseling and Mental Health Service. She was previously a psychiatrist at Duke University, in private practice, and at a residential eating disorders treatment program. Her essays about college mental health have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Psychiatric Times, and elsewhere.

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefacePart I. The Student in Context: The Interdependent Campus1. Crisis on the College Campus?2. The Changing Face of the American University Student3. The Virtual Campus4. General Issues on Campus5. Cancel Culture, Trigger Warnings, and Free Speech on Campus6. The Psychiatrist's Role in College Mental HealthPart II. Clinical Challenges7. Sleep Problems on Campus8. Alcohol on Campus9. Non-alcohol Substance Abuse on Campu10. Loneliness and Relationships on Campus11. Perfectionism12. Vulnerable Populations: International Students13. Vulnerable Populations: Student-Athletes14. Vulnerable Populations: LGBTQIA+ Students15. Disordered Eating16. Difficulty Concentrating and Increased Distractions17. Anxiety18. Depression and Other Mood Problems19. Psychotic Symptoms20. Emergency Situations on Campus21. Impulse Control Problems, Behavioral Addictions, and Other Problematic Behaviors22. The Nontraditional Student23. Models of Treatment24. Treatment Challenges in the University PopulationEpilogue. Student Emotional Well-Being: Looking Toward the FutureNotesIndex

[A] readable, scholarly, and clinically relevant account of this important new psychiatric specialty.—Jane Morris, British Journal of Psychiatry