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Mental Health and
Student Conduct Issues
On the College Campus: A Reading






















By Gerald Amada, Ph.D.

Paperback: 252 pages, 6 x 9 . . . $22.95

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     This book is an omnibus of articles about the topics of mental health and student conduct issues on the college campus. The concepts, strategies, and principles discussed in these articles are especially relevant to college administrators, counselors, and instructors.

  • Practical Strategies for Dealing with Disruptive Students
  • Due Process Procedures for Disruptive Students
  • Organizing a Campus Mental Health Program
  • The Role of Humor in Counseling Students
  • Crisis-oriented Counseling
  • Multicultural Counseling
  • An Analysis of Classroom Censorship
     It is common among college students to experience personal crises that disrupt their ability to adjust and capably learn in the college environment. This book provides important information regarding the organizing and implementation of college mental health and counseling services that are essential to such students. As well, a significant number of colleges must each year deal with students who are grossly or persistently disruptive. Several articles in this book provide practical information -- principles, interventions and perspectives -- that are essential for dealing with such students.

Table of Contents
Social Work in a College Mental Health Program
Setting
Program
Direct Services
     Short-term Individual Therapy
     Group Psychotherapy
Indirect Services
Administration of the Program
Referrals

The Paucity of Mental Health Services and Programs
  in Community Colleges
Method
Results
Discussion
Summary

Crisis-oriented Psychotherapy:
  Some Theoretical & Practical Considerations
What is a Crisis?
Attention to Time-limitations
Establishing a Chronology
Utilization of Ancillary Services
Heightened Therapeutic Activity
Maintenance of a Positive Relationship
Use of the Contemporary Context
The Role of Apparel, Vernacular and Office Furnishings
Relinquishment of Anonymity
Flexible Scheduling
Telephone Accessibility
The Provision of Intellectual "Handles"
The Provision of Advice
A Special Repertoire

Mental Health Consultation on the College Campus

The Interlude Between Short- and Long-term Psychotherapy
Termination or Prolongation
The Increased Ambiguity of Therapeutic Purposes and Goals
Realistic Optimism
Explanations Regarding the Shift from Relative Activity to Relative Inactivity
Explanations Regarding the Growing Centrality of Transference-related Issues
Case Example
Summary

Organizing a Community College Mental Health Program
City College of San Francisco
The City of San Francisco
Rationales for College Mental Health Services
The City College Mental Health Program

Overcoming the Problem of Face-saving:
  Outreach Services to Chinese Students
Cultural Resistances to Utilization of Mental Health Services
The Social and Economic Stresses of the Chinese Community
Outreach Services: Classroom Presentations
Conceptual Approaches to Reaching the Chinese Student
Techniques Used to Reach the Foreign-born Chinese Student

Why People Distrust Psychotherapists
Polarized Perceptions of Psychotherapists
The Need for Perfection: The "Emperor's Clothes" Syndrome
Psychological Deprivation as a Source of Distrust
Economic Considerations as a Source of Distrust
Idealization as a Source of Distrust

Dealing with the Disruptive College Student:
  Some Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Setting
The Increasing Number of Disruptive College Students
Five Principles
The Complexities of Coping With the Disruptive Student
The Need for Disciplinary Procedures
The Role of the Mental Health Program
Reporting and Documentation
Referrals for Psychotherapy
Mandatory Psychotherapy as a Form of Discipline
Summary

Anxiety
Causes of Anxiety
Principles of Treatment
     Deciding When to Take Strong Measures
     Maintaining Empathy
     Encouraging Activity and Assertiveness
     Helping Students to Express Themselves
     Identifying Anxiety-producing Beliefs
     Using Relaxation Methods
Anna: A Psycho dynamic Exploration
Brenda: A Modified Approach
Summary

Date Rape on the College Campus:
  The College Psychotherapist as Activist

Coping with the Disruptive College Student: A Practical Model
The Need for a Well-defined and Publicized Set of Codes and
  Procedures Governing Student Conduct
Disciplinary Sanctions
A Definition of Disruption
Recommended Guidelines and Considerations for Reporting
  Incidents of Disruption
     Essential Prerogatives
     Documentation
     Noninstructional Staff
Mandatory Psychotherapy as a Form of Discipline
Disruptiveness Versus Dangerousness
Mental Illness and Dangerousness
The Use of Mandatory Psychiatric Withdrawals
Conditions of Re-enrollment
Conflicts Over the Use of Medication
The Role of the Mental Health Program
Conclusion

The Role of Humor in a College Mental Health Program
Theoretical Perspective
Technique
Clinical Presentations (Seven cases)
Pertinent uses
Synthesis

The Role of the Mental Health Consultant In
  Dealing with Disruptive College Students
Guidelines for Reporting Disruptive Incidents
     Prerogatives
     Dangerousness
     Documentation
Noninstructional Staff
Mental Health Referrals
Adversions to the Administration of Discipline
     The Role of Mediator
     The Mental Health Consultant and the Law

The Disruptive College Student: Some Thoughts and Considerations

You Can't Please all of the People all of the Time:
  Normative Institutional Resistances to College Psychological Services
Disagreement With Psychological Services's Philosophy, Practices, Policies and Ethical Standards
The Role of Psychological Deprivation and Rivalry
The Need for Perfection: The "Emperor's Clothes" Syndrome
The Fear of Personal Exposure
Territoriality
Economic Considerations
The Role of Disappointment with One's Own Psychotherapy
Transferential Expectations
Prejudices and Aversions Regarding "Mental Illness" and Psychological Defectibility

The Disruptive College Student: Recent Trends and Practical Advice
Classroom Misconduct
Physical Intimidation
Computer Mischief
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Campus Crime
Practical Suggestions

The Formulation of a Therapeutic Paradigm: A Professional Odyssey
Freud
Professional Supervision
Psychotherapy
The Interlude Between Short- and Long-term Psychotherapy
Object Relations and Self Psychology
Feminist Theory
The Role of Therapist/Advocate
The Dynamic Nature of a Therapeutic Paradigm

Disqualifying Specified Students from the Campus Psychological Service:
  Some Considerations and Guidelines
Denial of Services on:
     the Basis of a Mismatch Between the Student's Needs and
       the Program's Wherewithal
     the Basis of a Student's Behavior in Therapy
     the Student's Behavior in the Clinic Facility
     a Clinic Policy
     the basis of Illegitimate Rationales for Entering Treatment
Discussion

Liberal Censorship on Campus: A New Form of McCarthyism?


Paperback: 252 pages, 6 x 9 . . . $22.95

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