Nicola Barden & Ruth Caleb 
Student Mental Health and Wellbeing in Higher Education [PDF ebook] 
A practical guide

Part 1: The context
Chapter 1: Higher Education in the twenty-first century: changes and challenges for mental wellbeing – Ruth Caleb and Nicola Barden
Chapter 2: The legal positions: obligations and limits – Sian Jones-Davies
Part 2: Mental health
Chapter 3: Student Mental Health and the Developing Mind – Dominique Thompson
Chapter 4: The student life cycle: pressure points and transitions – Denise Meyer
Chapter 5: Cultural approaches to Mental Health Among Migrating Students – Antonio Ventriglio, Gurvinder Kalra and Dinesh Bhugra
Part 3: Policy and practice
Chapter 6: From strategy to policy and procedure: Making mental health policies work – Ruth Caleb
Chapter 7: Academic and departmental support – Ann-Maria Houghton
Chapter 8: Professional support in Higher Education – Nic Streatfield
Chapter 9: Risk and crisis: Managing the challenges – Nicola Barden
Chapter 10: Supporting staff: Creating the conditions for confident support – Andrew Reeves

Dr Ruth Caleb MBE is a wellbeing consultant, trainer and psychotherapist, BACP member and registered with UKCP, who specialises in the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff in higher education.  She is also a supervisor and tutor on the Metanoia Institute / Middlesex University Doctorates in Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology programmes.  She has over 30 years’ experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist in a wide variety of settings, including the National Aids Helpline, Child Line, fertility counselling and private practice. Over the last 25 years she has specialised in mental health and wellbeing support for university students and staff.  She was Head of Counselling at Brunel University London from 1999 to 2017.   Ruth was Chair of the Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education (MWBHE) Working Group from 2012 to 2018 and was a member of Universities UK’s Mental Health in HE programme working group. She has worked strategically at a national level, including addressing and contributing to All-Party Parliamentary Group meetings on student health and informing Members of Parliament speaking in parliamentary debates involving student wellbeing.  Previously Ruth was Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s Universities and Colleges Executive Committee (2008-2010) and a member of the BACP International Research Committee (2003-2006). She has published articles and book chapters on student mental health and wellbeing, ethical practice, organisational support and the role of a counselling service.