Kristen McClary Source 3

Step 1 

 

A) Hunt, Justin, and Daniel Eisenberg. "Mental health problems and help-seeking behavior among college students." Journal of Adolescent Health 46.1 (2010): 3-10. 

 

B) What do wellness programs reveal about institutional efforts to address issues of student mental health and what are the contours of the relation between wellness programs and student mental health? 

 

C)Before: Once again I changed my question to make it more narrow and exploratory. I feel as if this question will help me to address what it is that wellness programs address and if they do or do not help a student’s mental health. When I picked source 3 entitled “Mental health problems and help- seeking behaviors among college students,” I thought it would be a great way to get into mental health issues that college students might face. Also, before reading, I skimmed through the source and one of the headers said, “To what extent are students retrieving treatment,” and I thought that would go perfectly with the wellness programs in my topic.  

During: While reading this source it was apparent to me that the risk of having poor mental health, in a university setting, is rising steadily. However, it seems to me that there could be factors playing into the rise, such as the willingness of students to get help. Another thing that popped out to me while I was reading, was the lack of personnel there was to help these students.  

After: When I finished reading source 3 I realized that there is a lack of help for students with mental health issues and that more students are needing this help.  

 

Step 2 

 

This source highlighted many different risk factors among college students that would cause them to be mentally unhealthy. Factors such as background, gender, low social support, relationship stressors, and being a victim of sexual violence. Also, it pointed out that there was increase in reported of mental health problems, although it could be that students are now more willingly asking for help. Lastly, this source critiqued how institutions helped/supported their student’s mental health needs. It was brought to light that most institutions didn’t have enough personnel to help their students and there is very little evidence to support that the programs provided actually work. 

This source didn’t really change my thinking much. However, it did show me how many students weren’t given proper treatment, which is very concerning for me. If the students had proper treatment there would be less anxiety, depression, and even the suicide rates would drop. This lack of help in these institutions makes me wonder if they are doing these wellness programs for show, or are they truly trying to help their students out.  

This source so happened to line up with my source #2. They both agreed in the fact that institutions don’t devote enough resources, such as personnel, to help the students with poor mental health. Also, they both agree that there is an increase in poor mental health and they feel that its needs to be addressed within these institutions. I tend to agree with both of these papers because they both have the same intentions, and that is to show that these wellness programs provided don’t help students out as much as they should or say they are.  

After reading this source I was lead to think of a few new questions to ask. Such as, why are these wellness programs getting so advertised when they don’t have support to show that they actually help? In Fact, what even is the main goal of a wellness program?  Also, how is “wellness” actually defined? Do the current wellness programs in the institutions go along with the definition of “wellness?”