Annotated bibliography
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This article helped me to gain a better sense of how to collect data from a survey, as well as what particular kinds of questions these surveys ask. The results also showed that 52-65% of students that were surveyed at 15 universities "received treatment at minimally adequate levels". This confirms a little of what I hope to explore in my research project. It also described a little about what students found more effective: counseling or medication. Because my project will explore the effects of long-term counseling, this will be helpful for my research.
This article focused on NCHA data, which is one of the forms of data that I hope to examine throughout my research. The article described the different levels of treatment that are being provided at various college campuses, and overall found that intervention is lacking due to the high prevalence and there are gaps in the literature of depression prevention of college students. Not only did this article validate my research topic, but it also shows that much of the research has not been analyzed on the level of effective depression prevention as of yet. This journal article discussed more of how college students are not actively seeking help, even when treatment is available to them. I think this article encourages discussion of whether it its the lack of proper services that discourages these students or the unwillingness to seek help. This provided an interesting outlook on a particular universities' demographics and gave me examples for how I might conduct my research at Emory. This article provided the opinions of various college officials on the adequacy of depression treatment and recommendations for change on college campuses. They cited various reasons for the prospective changes, and provided ideas for policy changes that could be enacted at universities in the prevention and treatment of depression, including that help should be readily accessible and available to students. This will help support my argument for long-term counseling at Emory's CAPS. This study also analyzed NCHA data from 1999-2000. After reviewing this article, it seems as if it might be better for me to step away from looking at NCHA data, as it simply provides a basis for the need for depression treatment, rather than the adequacy of depression treatment. I think this article gave me a good sense of the prevalence of depression and how it manifests on college campuses, but also steered me toward doing an anonymous survey of how students at Emory are satisfied with the counseling center. This article provided me with the barriers to enacting change of depression treatment on college campuses, namely the cost of revamping the programs currently in place. The chief of Mental Health Services at Harvard, Richard Kadison, "questioned whether treatment sessions should be limited and if universities can find alternatives to community resources that are drying up because of shrinking budgets". Perhaps this is the main issue that Emory is facing and why it cannot offer long-term counseling to students. While the rest of the articles provided me with support for my argument for long-term counseling, it was good to read this article to get an idea of what the barriers to this change are. |