Campus Cure (eBook)

Marcia Morris, MD, is a psychiatrist at the University of Florida with over 20 years of experience providing care to university students. She currently writes a parenting blog for Psychology Today called “College Wellness: Promoting Happiness and Health in the College Years” (https://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/marcia-morris-md). In articles and talks, she promotes preventive care and comprehensive treatment for mental illness in the college years and beyond. Her articles have been published in the New York Times, the Tampa Bay Times, The Conversation, Psychiatric Times, and Clinical Psychiatry News. She has appeared on Huffington Post Live and co-hosted a monthly radio show, Family Matters, on WOCA 96.3 FM/1370 AM in Ocala, Florida. A board-certified psychiatrist and Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, she has published original research on suicide as well as obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Morris has made several presentations on college mental health, eating disorders, anxiety and depression at national professional meetings.

Part I. ProblemsChapter 1. Anxiety: The College Years are Now the Age of AnxietyChapter 2. Depression: When College Is Not the Happiest Time in LifeChapter 3. Substance Use Disorders: Should You Just Say No When It Comes to Drugs and Alcohol?Chapter 4. Academic Failure to Thrive: Attention Deficit Disorder and Other AilmentsPart II. PressuresChapter 5. Loneliness: The Importance of Social Belonging in College SuccessChapter 6. Perfectionism: The Dangers of Duck SyndromeChapter 7. Culture, Sexuality, and Gender Challenges: A Time to HealChapter 8. Financial Stress: Debt Bubbles, Depression and Healthcare Blues Part III. Crises Chapter 9. Suicidal Behaviors: A Parent’s Worst FearChapter 10. Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Being There in Their Darkest HourChapter 11. Psychosis: Heartbreak and HopeChapter 12. Eating Disorders: Drunkorexia and Other Dangerous Trends