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Staying well and safe at university / Dominique Thompson.

By: Thompson, Dominique [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Student wellbeing series ; 3.Publisher: Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK : Trigger Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 67 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781789560640 (paperback); 1789560640 (paperback).Subject(s): Students -- Life skills guides | College studentsDDC classification: 378.198 Also issued online.
Contents:
Preparing for uni -- Life and daily living skills -- Welcome week -- Term one: Finding your feet -- Term one: Staying safe and well -- Holidays and self-care -- Term two -- Tern three -- In summary -- Where can I find out more?
Subject: This illustrated pocket book offers advice, practical tips and useful exercises for students who want the truth on how to safely navigate the tricky waters of drugs, alcohol and sex at university. Written by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will ensure that you have all the tools you need to combat your mental health worries, and build your resilience, so that you can truly make the most of your time as a student.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 378.198 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Wellbeing Collection- Wellbeing 00215232
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 378.198 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Wellbeing Collection- Wellbeing 00215230
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This illustrated pocket book offers advice, practical tips, and useful exercises for students who want to safely navigate the unique pressures and pleasures that life at university brings.

Written by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will ensure that readers have all the tools they need to combat issues around leaving home, exam stress, socialising, safety, sex, and substances, so that they can truly make the most of their time as a student.The book follows the timeline of a student preparing for university, finding their way through freshers' week, the first term, the interruption of holidays, and returning to family. The format makes the book suitable for sixth formers planning ahead for university, as well as first year students. The material is easy to dip in and out of, and addresses all of the major issues they'll experience as a new student. It is written from a non-judgemental perspective, and features extensive contributions form students talking about their own experiences, the things they learned, and the things they'd wished they'd known.This is the book that everyone wishes they'd had when they started university!

Includes bibliographical references.

Preparing for uni -- Life and daily living skills -- Welcome week -- Term one: Finding your feet -- Term one: Staying safe and well -- Holidays and self-care -- Term two -- Tern three -- In summary -- Where can I find out more?

This illustrated pocket book offers advice, practical tips and useful exercises for students who want the truth on how to safely navigate the tricky waters of drugs, alcohol and sex at university. Written by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will ensure that you have all the tools you need to combat your mental health worries, and build your resilience, so that you can truly make the most of your time as a student.

Also issued online.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Dominique Thompson is a GP, young people's mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author, and educator with over 20 years of clinical experience caring for students; most recently as Director of Students' Health Service at the University of Bristol. It was for this work that she was named Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year in 2017. Dominique is also a Clinical Adviser for the Royal College of GPs, and for Student Minds, the UK's student mental health charity.She currently resides in Bristol, United Kingdom.