ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on university student well-being, explaining why this subject area is an essential inclusion. It concentrates on the shifting policy context of student well-being within higher education. The chapter discusses the most tragic outcome of poor mental health, that is suicide. It considers the relationship and importance of promoting well-being as a strategy to prevent escalation of poor mental health. The chapter aims to improve knowledge and understanding of student well-being amongst our target readership through psychoeducation and self-help tools. It sets out to raise awareness of student well-being amongst both professional communities and families in order to highlight the potential vulnerabilities of student well-being and secure improved understanding of both their good and poor mental health. Hidden harms, a phrase first used to describe the detrimental effect substance misusing parents can have on their children, are also prolific causal factors for declining mental health amongst the student population.
