The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide for Everything from Hangovers to Homesickness, Grimes Jill

Consider this College Health 101--an award-winning guide to what students really want (or need) to know about their mental and physical health when theyre away from home.

College students facing their first illness, accident, or anxiety away from home often flip-flop between wanting to handle it themselves and wishing their parents could swoop in and fix everything. Advice from peers and Dr. Google can be questionable.The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook provides accurate, trustworthy, evidence-based medical information (served with a dose of humor) to reduce anxiety and stress and help set appropriate expectations for more than fifty common issues.

What if you cant sleep well (or cant sleep at all) in your dorm room? What if a pill gets stuck in your throat? What if your roommate falls asleep (or passes out) wearing contacts, and wakes up with one painfully stuck? Your friends terrible sore throat isnt Strep or Mono? What else could it be? What should you do for food poisoning? When do you really need X-rays for a sprained ankle or injured toe? What helps severe test anxiety or fear of public speaking?

Dr. Jill Grimes has the answer to these questions and many more. Her guidebook is designed to help you:

• Decide if and when to seek medical help
• Know what to expect when you get there
• Plan for the worst-case scenario if you dont seek help
• Learn how you can prevent this in the future
• Realize what you can do right now, before you see a doctor
• Understand the diagnostic and treatment options