Research Blog #2: Scouting the Territory

  1. My topic idea has not changed and I will still be looking at mental health in higher education. I am still in the process of refining it, so far I've narrowed it down to looking at the degree of awareness on mental health  present in higher education. Basically how much support is dedicated towards it, if there is stigma surrounding it, and whether students are being properly educated on mental health issues.
  2. While searching online I have found that the key terms most helpful were mental health and college. I found a lot of scholarly article and research done on students with mental health issues in college and how statistics show that this number has gone up. Issues discussed online mainly revolve on increasing mental health awareness on campuses across America, in fact what I found most surprising is that my actually has a campaign called mtvU that goes to different universities to promote mental health awareness.
  3. Articles I have found most useful so far:
    1. Eisenberg, Daniel, et al. "Stigma and help seeking for mental health among college students." Medical Care Research and Review 66.5 (2009): 522-541.
    2. Prince, Martin, et al. "No health without mental health." The lancet 370.9590 (2007): 859-877.
    3. Yamaguchi, Sosei, Yoshio Mino, and Shahir Uddin. "Strategies and future attempts to reduce stigmatization and increase awareness of mental health problems among young people: a narrative review of educational interventions." Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 65.5 (2011): 405-415.
  4. From this search I have learned that destigmatization of mental health illnesses is important in college because these students are going to be going into the workforce after college and will impact how future generations view these issues as well.
  5. Resources I uncovered are listed above under 3, and they seem important because they all address mental health stigma in college.
  6. Controversies surrounding my topic is what is causing this increase of mental health illnesses among college students and there is debate about whether privatization and raised tuition prices are causing it.

Comments

  1. Michael GoellerOctober 5, 2017 at 12:26 PM

    The following report may be helpful:
    https://www.ncd.gov/publications/2017/mental-health-college-campuses-investments-accommodations-needed-address-student

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  2. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 2:21 PM

    My topic is about college students who chose the Undecided Major path when they enter college. While reading "The Undecided College Student: An Academic and Career Advising Challenge," I found that some researchers have linked student indecision to anxiety and other mental health issues. "Some researchers assert that emotions play an important role in career decision-making self-efficacy and vocational exploration and commitment are both significantly related to aspects of emotional intelligence" (40). The author also links indecision back to family life which can be related to mental health in a way.

    https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mAlOCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=the+undecided+college+student&ots=5nLdbt2Hxd&sig=o6dp8yhZJRlSZtFmF6e3caKSdf0#v=onepage&q=the%20undecided%20college%20student&f=false

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