Beating the College Blues - Softcover

Written expressly for students, "Beating the College Blues" is a guide to coping in college. It offers advice on how to manage the psychological pressures typically encountered at school. The authors, both clinical psychologists at major universities, address a variety of problems that arise with the greater freedom and increased personal responsibility of college life. In a conversational format and highly supportive tone, they offer practical advice on such topics as: roommate relationships; academic failure, test anxiety and study habits; alcohol and drug abuse; perfectionism, assertiveness and self-esteem; AIDS, safe sex and issues of homosexuality; anorexia and bulimia; and many others. This book on college life deals with the purely psychological aspects of these problems, issues and concerns, and is aware that college life is now more complex and challenging than ever - witness the increased incidence of suicide, date rape, ethnic harassment, and drug and alcohol abuse on American campuses.