Author Question: What stressors or circumstances do you believe contribute the most to depression among college ... (Read 23 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Jul 12, 2018

What stressors or circumstances do you believe contribute the most to depression among college students? Provide information from the chapter and reflect on your own experiences to support your answer.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Why do you think anxiety disorders have become the number one mental health problem in the United States? Provide information from the chapter and reflect on your own experiences to support your answer.

What will be an ideal response?

zhanghao · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 12, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Answers will vary. Anxiety over relationships, pressure to get good grades, striving to win social acceptance, poor diet, abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and lack of sleep are factors.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Answers will vary. There are many proposed explanations for anxiety disorders, which include environmental factors, biology, and social and cultural roles. Weakening social ties, changing cultural roles and responsibilities, and growing inequality may cause the excess stress, concern, and worry that give rise to these disorders. It is also possible that increased public awareness and physician diagnosis of anxiety disorders contribute.