Childhood Depression Research Paper
Childhood Depression: A Preventable Situation
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health performed by SAMHSA in 2004 shows that in some areas as much as 10% of the overall population of the United States suffers from depression, and while depression can be caused by many things there is a segment of the population in which depression starts in their school years, and continues throughout their lives. This is a tragedy, however the larger tragedy is that this depression in most cases it is actually possible to avoid but it continues to occur due to misunderstandings of the cause.
In the past few years with the increased interest in mental health there has been a focus on improving the general mental wellbeing of students. While an admirable …show more content…
GSA/GLBTIQA Club Advisor Survey Cassandra Brockett. 29 November 2013. Web.
This work is a minor extension to the journal article authored by Maria Valenti and Rebecca Campbell, responses where collected from three states with five respondents overall. The survey was performed by an online poll in the majority of cases, though a single response was taken by providing the respondent with a printed version of the online form with them filling it out. As this is an extension of prior work, the only concern is related to the honesty of the respondents, which is why the survey responses were accepted anonymously.
Aronson, Elliot. The Social Animal. New York: Worth Publishers, 2011. Print.
Aronson is considered one of the foremost authors in social psychology, his book “The Social Animal” is now in its 11th Edition, is constantly updated as new research and information comes to light, and is lauded as one of the premier works on social psychology. From the first page, this book covers all related topics of the research paper, but primary focus is on the explanations of research performed on social cognition, prejudice, conformity and cognitive dissonance. Our modern understanding of the causes of such matters are clearly described in this work by …show more content…
"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescent School Victimization: Implications for Young Adult Health and Adjustment." Journal of School Health (2011): 223-230. Wiley Online Library. Web. 18 October 2013.
The authors of this article are respected members of the APA, with experience working with members of the GLBTIQ community. The papers specific focus was to assess the long-term health (psychological and physiological) impact of LGBT students being victimized during school years. The conclusions of the paper is that there are far reaching, long term effects from this victimization, and calls for major improvements in the education systems around the country to reduce all such victimization. These results can be paralleled with any sort of school victimization and the long term implications
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health performed by SAMHSA in 2004 shows that in some areas as much as 10% of the overall population of the United States suffers from depression, and while depression can be caused by many things there is a segment of the population in which depression starts in their school years, and continues throughout their lives. This is a tragedy, however the larger tragedy is that this depression in most cases it is actually possible to avoid but it continues to occur due to misunderstandings of the cause.
In the past few years with the increased interest in mental health there has been a focus on improving the general mental wellbeing of students. While an admirable …show more content…
GSA/GLBTIQA Club Advisor Survey Cassandra Brockett. 29 November 2013. Web.
This work is a minor extension to the journal article authored by Maria Valenti and Rebecca Campbell, responses where collected from three states with five respondents overall. The survey was performed by an online poll in the majority of cases, though a single response was taken by providing the respondent with a printed version of the online form with them filling it out. As this is an extension of prior work, the only concern is related to the honesty of the respondents, which is why the survey responses were accepted anonymously.
Aronson, Elliot. The Social Animal. New York: Worth Publishers, 2011. Print.
Aronson is considered one of the foremost authors in social psychology, his book “The Social Animal” is now in its 11th Edition, is constantly updated as new research and information comes to light, and is lauded as one of the premier works on social psychology. From the first page, this book covers all related topics of the research paper, but primary focus is on the explanations of research performed on social cognition, prejudice, conformity and cognitive dissonance. Our modern understanding of the causes of such matters are clearly described in this work by …show more content…
"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescent School Victimization: Implications for Young Adult Health and Adjustment." Journal of School Health (2011): 223-230. Wiley Online Library. Web. 18 October 2013.
The authors of this article are respected members of the APA, with experience working with members of the GLBTIQ community. The papers specific focus was to assess the long-term health (psychological and physiological) impact of LGBT students being victimized during school years. The conclusions of the paper is that there are far reaching, long term effects from this victimization, and calls for major improvements in the education systems around the country to reduce all such victimization. These results can be paralleled with any sort of school victimization and the long term implications