Summary
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Good mental health is essential for students to manage the challenges that university life presents. This book offers pragmatic guidance to support academic and student services staff in engaging with this critical issue, both in terms of being proactive within their role to promote a positive approach to wellbeing, and understanding how to care appropriately for students who may not be flourishing in the university environment. Key topics include: • The pressure points and transitions of student life • The crucial role of departmental and academic staff • How to make mental health policies work • The legal obligations and limits of student support • Creating the conditions for confident support
Cultural Approaches to Mental Health Among Migrating Students
Cultural Approaches to Mental Health Among Migrating Students
Objectives
Cultural factors are at the heart of any individual’s functioning. Cultures determine cognitive schema and shape how individuals express and deal with distress. This chapter will address:
- Definition of culture and related terms
- Understanding how culture is impacted upon during the migration experience of students
- How students experience and express distress within the host culture
- How such students can be helped
While the chapter is directed at the experience of students who have moved to a new country in order to study in a new place, it is relevant to the many other cultural changes that take place ...
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