Description
The literature review provides the empirical justification for the project. Literature reviews involve collecting resources directly related to the selected problem, critically analyzing those resources, and synthesizing them into a coherent narrative. The critical analysis not only considers the validity of the argument, but the credibility of the source as well. Where did the information come from? Was it the author’s personal opinion? Did he or she conduct a study or analyze data? These questions should be considered in completing a critical review of literature.
In this Application Assignment you will collect resources related to your problem statement and demonstrate your skills in critical analysis.
To prepare:
- Review the Torraco article in this week’s Learning Resources on writing an integrative literature review.
- View the links on how to critically evaluate resources.
- Watch the course media segment on “Literature Reviews” to gain a general understanding of the purpose of the review.
- Find 10-12 research resources related to your problem statement (including at least 4 peer-reviewed journal articles).
- Review your problem statement.
The assignment:
In 2-3 pages, please complete the following:
- Briefly synthesize one of the resources you selected.
- Critically analyze that resource.
- Cite 10-12 resources for you literature review. Four of these resources must be peer-reviewed journal articles.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.
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Latosha Detharidge
Capstone Project: Mental health Disorder
Walden University
Dr. Lyons
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Awareness Creation on Mental Health Disorder in Various Public Universities through an
Outreach Programme.
Statement of the problem
Over the last decade, the cases on mental health among students in universities have been
increasing drastically. The cases reported by the health practitioners are depressions, anxiety and
in extreme cases bipolar disorder and suicidal attempts. The students need to be educated on the
early signs of mental health disorder, the subsequent symptoms, the services offered by the
institutions, among them, counselling services. The indication of the increasing rate of mental
health disorder among students is; frequent counseling center visits.
Problem Statement
In most universities, cases of mental illness have been prevalent among students where
physicians have confirmed that most cases reported are on depression, anxiety, suicidal attempts,
and in severe scenarios bipolar disorder. Therefore, this calls for swift action such as educating
students on the early symptoms of mental illnesses. University institutions should include in their
facilities counseling services so that such cases be minimised. On the same note, the public too
should take part in assisting those with mental disorders. However, the public can be informed to
support such people when there an awareness program is provided and well established. A study
conducted by Pedrelli, revealed that “88 % of counselling centre directors reported an increase in
“severe” psychological problems over the previous five years including learning disabilities, selfinjury incidents, eating disorders, substance use, and sexual assaults.” (Pedrelli, Zulauf & Wilens
et al., 2014) Therefore, if the problem is not fixed, then the future generation will be affected.
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
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It is apparent that universities report higher incidents of mental disorders for this reason;
the project will seek to address the influence that an outreach program would create after creating
awareness on mental health disorders among students in universities and colleges. Such mental
diseases are caused by stressful times in the university such as examinations and the distance
between family and close friends. According to Pedrelli, students first exhibit symptoms of mental
illness when they are subjected to the factors as mentioned earlier. Additionally, old students start
taking adult responsibilities since they tend not to be dependent on parents anymore (Pedrelli, Nyer
& Yeung et al., 2014). Therefore, burdening students with such responsibilities even before they
attain the mature age may subject cause them to have mental disorders. There is need for
counseling due to the psychological and social issue that faces students. On the same note students
do need lots of vocational guidance where students find themselves not knowing what career to
choose, that alone may lead to depression.
Pedrelli noted that for the past five years, there was a surge in psychological disorders after
88% of the counseling directors attested to it (Pedrelli, Nyer & Yeung et al., 2014). Notably, the
second most dreaded case of mental disorder is depression since it is reported by 9% of all
university students. The third in position is having suicidal thoughts, and it has been found to lead
to more deaths. According Assari, it is evident student’s exhibit 7% ideation, 2% suicidal Plans,
and 0.5 suicidal attempts based on the statistics of last year (Assari & Moghani, 2018). The specific
problem is that there is a tremendous demand for mental health services although only a few seek
counseling services. Students seek assistance from family members and close friends. According
to Brown, the reason they do so is for fear of stigmatization (Brown, 2018). Additionally, they take
things for granted by assuming that everything is normal.
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If the disorder is not treated on time, it could lead to more severe illnesses such as severe
stress, schizophrenia, and inability to think in an upright manner. Additionally, people change their
emotions and behaviours. A study conducted in universities and colleges revealed that above 11%
of the entire population of students had been diagnosed and treated with mental illness (Cline,
2007). However, the first indicator of such illness is witnessed on emotional change.
Purpose of the project
The purpose of my project is to assess the impact that an outreach program would have in
creating awareness on mental health disorder among students in the universities. Institutions of
higher learning remain to have the highest cases of mental health disorder among the youth
(Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf & Wilens 2014).
Integrative literature Review
Attending the university can be stressful at times. Apart from the pressure from academic
work that students have to undertake and examinations, there an aspect of separation from family
and close friends. This is when the students experience the first onset of mental health disorder or
an exacerbation of an already existing problem (Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf & Wilens 2014).
For the traditional students, they are normally younger and dependent on the parents and they have
not been working, therefore, they start to take up adult responsibilities and yet they are not mature
enough to do so and be independent (Pedrelli et.al 2014). For the non-traditional students, they
face the challenge of juggling between their academics, working and providing for their families.
This might be stressful and unbearable. “In a survey of 274 institutions, 88 % of counseling center
directors reported an increase in “severe” psychological problems over the previous 5 years
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
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including learning disabilities, self-injury incidents, eating disorders, substance use, and sexual
assaults” (Pedrelli et.al 2014).
Depression is ranked as the second most prevalent cases of mental health disorder among
the university students at about 9% (Assari& Moghani 2018). Suicidal cases have also been
reported which is said to be the third most leading cause of death among the adults (Assari&
Moghani 2018). Among the students the statistics indicate 7% ideation, suicidal plans at 2% and
0.5% attempts last year (Assari& Moghani 2018).
Despite the increasing demand for mental health services, a third with the distress seeks
counselling services. Therefore, they prefer seeking help from friends and family. The reason for
this is the fear for stigmatization (Brown 2018). They also assume that stress is normal in school
and they can handle it.
Mental health disorder is like any other medical problem that consists of several problems
and different signs and symptoms. It is associated with several changes in a person’s emotions,
how one thinks and behavior of a person or conjunction of all these changes. Example of this
illness includes; thinking disabilities, schizophrenia, and stress. This type of illness mostly comes
as a result of stress or issues in society, workplace and family actions. The illness is treatable if
someone seeks medical attention and they can carry on with their daily activities as usual without
any problem.
Mental illness has become a major concern since there is an increasing trend in this illness.
It is widely spreading into universities and colleges where it has led to many lives of young people
who are the backbones of the future generation. In universities, mental illness comes as a result of
students having to leave their homes where they have an attachment with their parents and go to
study in a different state or country hence they are affected emotionally because of the gap due to
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the distance. Also by students having to take adult responsibility that they were never used to and
pressure from assignments in universities can cause this problem.
In a research that has been done in universities and colleges, it has shown that more than
11 percent of the total population of the students have been diagnosed or treated with the problem
of mental illness due to emotional change and 10 percent have reported on being treated on the
issue of depression or stress ( Cline, 2007). Several students are reported of not seeking medical
attention due to stigma and shame that they feel. Cases of students who commit suicide in
universities have been on the increase due to mental illness problems.
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
Capstone project timeline
1. Preparation
Identification of the benchmark universities – 3/12/2018
Consultation with the benchmark institutions – 10/12/2018
Review of the objectives – 12/12/2018
Needs assessment – 15/12/2018
Finalization of the plan – 17/12/2018
2. Development of an outreach program
Evaluation of the designs -24/12/2018
Draft the education materials/information for the outreach program – 31/12/2018
Present to the implementing committee – 7/1/2019
3. Implementation of the programme
Select the students to take up the programme – 14/1/2019
Identify the locations for the programme – 16/1/2019
Disseminate the information that was designed – 21/1/2019
4. Evaluation
Evaluate the implementation plan- 4/2/2019
Analyze the data on the responses received – 11/2/2019
Draft a final capstone report – 18/2/2019
Prepare slides on the outcome of the programme – 25/2/2019
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References
Assari, S., & Moghani Lankarani, M. (2018). Violence Exposure and Mental Health of College
Students in the United States. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 8(6), 53.
doi:10.3390/bs8060053
Brown, June S. L. (2018). Student mental health: some answers and more questions. Journal of
Mental Health Volume 27(London). doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2018.1470319
CLINE, T. (2007). Mental health. Issues in Science and Technology, 23(3), 18-20.
Pedrelli, P., Nyer, M., Yeung, A., Zulauf, C., & Wilens, T. (2014). College Students: Mental
Health Problems and Treatment Considerations. Academic psychiatry: the journal of the
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association
for Academic Psychiatry, 39(5), 503-11.
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Latosha Detharidge
Capstone Project: Mental health Disorder
Walden University
Dr. Lyons
1
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
2
Awareness Creation on Mental Health Disorder in Various Public Universities through an
Outreach Programme.
Statement of the problem
Over the last decade, the cases on mental health among students in universities have been
increasing drastically. The cases reported by the health practitioners are depressions, anxiety and
in extreme cases bipolar disorder and suicidal attempts. The students need to be educated on the
early signs of mental health disorder, the subsequent symptoms, the services offered by the
institutions, among them, counselling services. The indication of the increasing rate of mental
health disorder among students is; frequent counseling center visits.
Problem Statement
In most universities, cases of mental illness have been prevalent among students where
physicians have confirmed that most cases reported are on depression, anxiety, suicidal attempts,
and in severe scenarios bipolar disorder. Therefore, this calls for swift action such as educating
students on the early symptoms of mental illnesses. University institutions should include in their
facilities counseling services so that such cases be minimised. On the same note, the public too
should take part in assisting those with mental disorders. However, the public can be informed to
support such people when there an awareness program is provided and well established. A study
conducted by Pedrelli, revealed that “88 % of counselling centre directors reported an increase in
“severe” psychological problems over the previous five years including learning disabilities, selfinjury incidents, eating disorders, substance use, and sexual assaults.” (Pedrelli, Zulauf & Wilens
et al., 2014) Therefore, if the problem is not fixed, then the future generation will be affected.
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
3
It is apparent that universities report higher incidents of mental disorders for this reason;
the project will seek to address the influence that an outreach program would create after creating
awareness on mental health disorders among students in universities and colleges. Such mental
diseases are caused by stressful times in the university such as examinations and the distance
between family and close friends. According to Pedrelli, students first exhibit symptoms of mental
illness when they are subjected to the factors as mentioned earlier. Additionally, old students start
taking adult responsibilities since they tend not to be dependent on parents anymore (Pedrelli, Nyer
& Yeung et al., 2014). Therefore, burdening students with such responsibilities even before they
attain the mature age may subject cause them to have mental disorders. There is need for
counseling due to the psychological and social issue that faces students. On the same note students
do need lots of vocational guidance where students find themselves not knowing what career to
choose, that alone may lead to depression.
Pedrelli noted that for the past five years, there was a surge in psychological disorders after
88% of the counseling directors attested to it (Pedrelli, Nyer & Yeung et al., 2014). Notably, the
second most dreaded case of mental disorder is depression since it is reported by 9% of all
university students. The third in position is having suicidal thoughts, and it has been found to lead
to more deaths. According Assari, it is evident student’s exhibit 7% ideation, 2% suicidal Plans,
and 0.5 suicidal attempts based on the statistics of last year (Assari & Moghani, 2018). The specific
problem is that there is a tremendous demand for mental health services although only a few seek
counseling services. Students seek assistance from family members and close friends. According
to Brown, the reason they do so is for fear of stigmatization (Brown, 2018). Additionally, they take
things for granted by assuming that everything is normal.
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
4
If the disorder is not treated on time, it could lead to more severe illnesses such as severe
stress, schizophrenia, and inability to think in an upright manner. Additionally, people change their
emotions and behaviours. A study conducted in universities and colleges revealed that above 11%
of the entire population of students had been diagnosed and treated with mental illness (Cline,
2007). However, the first indicator of such illness is witnessed on emotional change.
Purpose of the project
The purpose of my project is to assess the impact that an outreach program would have in
creating awareness on mental health disorder among students in the universities. Institutions of
higher learning remain to have the highest cases of mental health disorder among the youth
(Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf & Wilens 2014).
Integrative literature Review
Attending the university can be stressful at times. Apart from the pressure from academic
work that students have to undertake and examinations, there an aspect of separation from family
and close friends. This is when the students experience the first onset of mental health disorder or
an exacerbation of an already existing problem (Pedrelli, Nyer, Yeung, Zulauf & Wilens 2014).
For the traditional students, they are normally younger and dependent on the parents and they have
not been working, therefore, they start to take up adult responsibilities and yet they are not mature
enough to do so and be independent (Pedrelli et.al 2014). For the non-traditional students, they
face the challenge of juggling between their academics, working and providing for their families.
This might be stressful and unbearable. “In a survey of 274 institutions, 88 % of counseling center
directors reported an increase in “severe” psychological problems over the previous 5 years
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
5
including learning disabilities, self-injury incidents, eating disorders, substance use, and sexual
assaults” (Pedrelli et.al 2014).
Depression is ranked as the second most prevalent cases of mental health disorder among
the university students at about 9% (Assari& Moghani 2018). Suicidal cases have also been
reported which is said to be the third most leading cause of death among the adults (Assari&
Moghani 2018). Among the students the statistics indicate 7% ideation, suicidal plans at 2% and
0.5% attempts last year (Assari& Moghani 2018).
Despite the increasing demand for mental health services, a third with the distress seeks
counselling services. Therefore, they prefer seeking help from friends and family. The reason for
this is the fear for stigmatization (Brown 2018). They also assume that stress is normal in school
and they can handle it.
Mental health disorder is like any other medical problem that consists of several problems
and different signs and symptoms. It is associated with several changes in a person’s emotions,
how one thinks and behavior of a person or conjunction of all these changes. Example of this
illness includes; thinking disabilities, schizophrenia, and stress. This type of illness mostly comes
as a result of stress or issues in society, workplace and family actions. The illness is treatable if
someone seeks medical attention and they can carry on with their daily activities as usual without
any problem.
Mental illness has become a major concern since there is an increasing trend in this illness.
It is widely spreading into universities and colleges where it has led to many lives of young people
who are the backbones of the future generation. In universities, mental illness comes as a result of
students having to leave their homes where they have an attachment with their parents and go to
study in a different state or country hence they are affected emotionally because of the gap due to
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
6
the distance. Also by students having to take adult responsibility that they were never used to and
pressure from assignments in universities can cause this problem.
In a research that has been done in universities and colleges, it has shown that more than
11 percent of the total population of the students have been diagnosed or treated with the problem
of mental illness due to emotional change and 10 percent have reported on being treated on the
issue of depression or stress ( Cline, 2007). Several students are reported of not seeking medical
attention due to stigma and shame that they feel. Cases of students who commit suicide in
universities have been on the increase due to mental illness problems.
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
Capstone project timeline
1. Preparation
Identification of the benchmark universities – 3/12/2018
Consultation with the benchmark institutions – 10/12/2018
Review of the objectives – 12/12/2018
Needs assessment – 15/12/2018
Finalization of the plan – 17/12/2018
2. Development of an outreach program
Evaluation of the designs -24/12/2018
Draft the education materials/information for the outreach program – 31/12/2018
Present to the implementing committee – 7/1/2019
3. Implementation of the programme
Select the students to take up the programme – 14/1/2019
Identify the locations for the programme – 16/1/2019
Disseminate the information that was designed – 21/1/2019
4. Evaluation
Evaluate the implementation plan- 4/2/2019
Analyze the data on the responses received – 11/2/2019
Draft a final capstone report – 18/2/2019
Prepare slides on the outcome of the programme – 25/2/2019
7
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
8
[SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS]
9
References
Assari, S., & Moghani Lankarani, M. (2018). Violence Exposure and Mental Health of College
Students in the United States. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 8(6), 53.
doi:10.3390/bs8060053
Brown, June S. L. (2018). Student mental health: some answers and more questions. Journal of
Mental Health Volume 27(London). doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2018.1470319
CLINE, T. (2007). Mental health. Issues in Science and Technology, 23(3), 18-20.
Pedrelli, P., Nyer, M., Yeung, A., Zulauf, C., & Wilens, T. (2014). College Students: Mental
Health Problems and Treatment Considerations. Academic psychiatry: the journal of the
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association
for Academic Psychiatry, 39(5), 503-11.
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