Research Blog #3: Three Academic Sources

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.
- This will help refine my topic because the author discusses how stigma about mental health among college students stands as a barrier for students to seek out help that they need. The author conducts an experiment using a random sampling of students from 13 different universities. The results from this study will help with my topic.

2. Prince, Martin, et al. "No health without mental health." The lancet 370.9590 (2007): 859-877.
- This article looks at the affects of mental health issues among young adults globally. This is important to my topic because it is an issue with far reaching effects and will stress the importance of mental health awareness on a global scale. 

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.
- This article looks at strategies that are being implemented by schools in order to reduce stigmatization of mental health problems among young adults. This will help with my topic because it looks at ways increasing awareness of mental health issues is beneficial for college students and stress the importance of universities providing aid and resources for such topics.

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  1. Michael GoellerOctober 11, 2017 at 7:11 AM

    The focus on "stigma" is a possible focus, but I wonder if this is the most useful approach when colleges have seen such a dramatic increase in demand for mental health services. It does not seem like students feel embarrassed about discussing their mental health issues or turning to programs for support. If anything, it may be that the de-stigmatization of mental health, which has been going on for several years, has contributed to that increase. So "stigma" seems like an old issue -- at least in the U.S. and among native-born students. Notice the date on your readings, too: they are all older than 6 years (and likely based on research 2 years older than that, considering how long it takes to get academic work published).

    Think about it. You can pursue this topic, but you would have to think about the paradox I raise about the increase in demand for services. In fact, maybe the best argument is that de-stigmatization of mental health issues has been a big contributor to the huge increase in demand over the past 6 years. That might be an interesting project.

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