Public Health Approach To Mental Health
A. Public Health Approach to Mental Health
A Public Health Approach to Mental Health contains must focus on a specific group of people, stress promotion and prevention, and address the determinants of health. A Public Health Approach must also place an emphasis on “assessment, policy development, and assurance” (Miles et al., 2010, p. 40).
B. Description of Disorder
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent emotions of sadness and loss of interest, it is also called Major Depressive Disorder or Clinical Depression. According to the DSM 5. In order for a doctor to diagnose depression, a patient must show five or more of the subsequent signs during a time period of two weeks: “Depressed mood, loss of interest, significant change …show more content…
Improving physical activity, mental health outcomes, and academic retention in college students with Freshman 5 to thrive: COPE/Healthy lifestyles. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 2014;26(6):314-322.
F. Rationale for selection of intervention: From personal experience, I can attain to the fact that transferring from your hometown to living on your own and attending a large university is extremely overwhelming. Although I transitioned from a community college to the University of Arizona, I understand that several students transition to a university straight out of high school. Transferring from one school is a difficult transition and it takes plenty of time for one to learn to adapt to a new lifestyle. Along with a lifestyle change, I noticed that I began to feel irritated easily, I became less social and more emotional than usual, these emotions caused me to go into a stage of hostility that I’m sure many students experience. I felt completely lost and lonely and began to feel very high levels of stress and it affected my focus in school and drive to continue to pursue my education, luckily I was referred to C.A.P.S. (Counseling and Psych Services) by a teaching assistant and was able to obtain the help that I needed. I did not fall into a state of depression although two of my roommates spoke to their doctor and were diagnosed with depression that same first year. I noticed that this affected their studies, which is why I think it is significant that there are easily accessible mental health resources for college students. Most importantly, depression can negatively affect the lifestyle, beliefs/behaviors and overall well-being of students (Mazurek, 2016). There is also a solid relationship between chronic diseases and depression, therefore making it a far more serious illness (APA, DSM-IV-R,
A Public Health Approach to Mental Health contains must focus on a specific group of people, stress promotion and prevention, and address the determinants of health. A Public Health Approach must also place an emphasis on “assessment, policy development, and assurance” (Miles et al., 2010, p. 40).
B. Description of Disorder
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent emotions of sadness and loss of interest, it is also called Major Depressive Disorder or Clinical Depression. According to the DSM 5. In order for a doctor to diagnose depression, a patient must show five or more of the subsequent signs during a time period of two weeks: “Depressed mood, loss of interest, significant change …show more content…
Improving physical activity, mental health outcomes, and academic retention in college students with Freshman 5 to thrive: COPE/Healthy lifestyles. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 2014;26(6):314-322.
F. Rationale for selection of intervention: From personal experience, I can attain to the fact that transferring from your hometown to living on your own and attending a large university is extremely overwhelming. Although I transitioned from a community college to the University of Arizona, I understand that several students transition to a university straight out of high school. Transferring from one school is a difficult transition and it takes plenty of time for one to learn to adapt to a new lifestyle. Along with a lifestyle change, I noticed that I began to feel irritated easily, I became less social and more emotional than usual, these emotions caused me to go into a stage of hostility that I’m sure many students experience. I felt completely lost and lonely and began to feel very high levels of stress and it affected my focus in school and drive to continue to pursue my education, luckily I was referred to C.A.P.S. (Counseling and Psych Services) by a teaching assistant and was able to obtain the help that I needed. I did not fall into a state of depression although two of my roommates spoke to their doctor and were diagnosed with depression that same first year. I noticed that this affected their studies, which is why I think it is significant that there are easily accessible mental health resources for college students. Most importantly, depression can negatively affect the lifestyle, beliefs/behaviors and overall well-being of students (Mazurek, 2016). There is also a solid relationship between chronic diseases and depression, therefore making it a far more serious illness (APA, DSM-IV-R,