Mental health articles

Roommate Problems Roommate problems can be as intense in their own way as romantic vicissitudes. Students have high hopes for friendship with their roommates but then may fi nd that the other person comes from a very diff erent background and has very diff erent habits and values. Living in close quarters under the stress […]

Four key family systems therapeutic principles are applied to the cases presented in this chapter. Th ese consist of therapists’ eff orts to (1) maintain neutrality, (2) help clients manage triangles and, more generally, understand parallels between their family patterns and current diffi culties, (3) encourage clients to establish eff ective contact with the family, […]

Timing of Medication Consultations It is important to consider the psychological impact of being on a medicine. Since many of the problems that students present with at college mental health centers are brief and self-limiting, a patient who is quickly medicated may feel better several weeks aft erward. But then patients and clinicians are presented […]

A Developmental Approach to College Counseling Th e foregoing perhaps suggests a realistic mission and therapeutic orientation for college counselors. In an era when college counseling centers are challenged both by the volume of students seeking services and by the severity of many students’ pathology (Benton, Robertson, Tseng, Newton, & Benton, 2003), few centers can […]