PDF Ebook Keys to success
Statistics released in the report from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services Mental health and well being: profile of adults 1997 indicate that young adults 18 to 24 years old had the highest prevalence of mental disorder (27 per cent) during the twelve month period mid 1996 to mid 1997. This is the age group of many students attending university and the age where mental illness may be undiagnosed or just recently diagnosed.
This publication is concerned with the impact of mental illness on academic pursuits, and the development of strategies to study successfully. The information synthesises the common threads evident in two research projects undertaken in 1998 as a result of a UniAbility funded grant. The research was conducted to meet the needs of this equity group who were at risk of failure in their studies.
The projects Best practice in counselling students with a psychiatric disability and Succeeding with a psychiatric disability identify strategies that enable students with a psychiatric illness to be successful in tertiary study. One study expresses the experience of counsellors, while the other reflects the experiences of students.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1
Psychiatric disability in the university context
The nature of mental illness
General information
Psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Eating disorders
Anxiety disorders
Personality disorders
Effects of mental illness on study
Medication
Concentration and motivation
Hospitalisation
Disclosure
Section 2
Managing university study: effective strategies
Self-knowledge and realistic goals
Belief in one’s self
Focus on the positive
General academic support
Assessment
Planning, time management and organisation
Focus on the person and not the illness
Stress management
Social interaction and support networks
Students taking personal control
CONTENTS
Section 3
Case studies
Introduction
Case study 1 Mary
Depression, anxiety and bulimia
Case study 2 Dominique
Schizophrenia
Case study 3 Meg
Bipolar disorder
Case study 4 Dimiter
Acute paranoid schizophrenia
Case study 5 Adele
Bipolar disorder
Case study 6 Anton
Social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Case study 7 Marie
Endogenous depression
Case study 8 Neil
Bipolar disorder
Case study 9 Stella
Bulimia
Section 4
Other resources: for further information and support
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Anxiety disorders including agoraphobia
Depression and bipolar disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Panic anxiety
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia
Social phobia
General information and referral on mental health matters
Support for relatives and friends of people with a mental illness
Accommodation services for people with a mental illness
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