Annotated Bibliography

The University of Texas at El Paso  

RWS 1301  

C15  

Karoline Daland  

March 12, 2019  

     
 
      
 

Research Questions

How can Mental Health issues be prevented?

What causes Mental Health issues in schools?

How many students have mental health issues right now?

What kind of mental health issues do students suffer from?

Are there any measures in schools right now to help students avoid those issues?

Revised Research Questions

Who has Mental Health issues today?

What are the consequences?

What kind of consequences do mental health issues occur to?

Where does it primarily occur?

When does it/did it occur?

Why has it emerged?

Secondary Research Questions

Question of fact: Who, what, where, when, why

Questions of interpretations: Higher-level analysis question that connects or relates question to

another topic.

Questions of consequences: What are the implications if left unaddressed?

     
 
      
 

 
Annotated Bibliography

Monograph

Raines, J. C. (2008). Evidence-based practice in school mental health. New York: Oxford

University Press.

The book “Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental Health” by James C. Raines is

about how schools should use evidence-based practices to guide students when teaching

how to provide mental health services. Different methods are being mentioned to teach

people how to treat mental illness in practice. The author claims that by using these kinds

of methods, mental issues will slow down rapidly. According to Raines, he believes when

students are taught in this way, schools are able to evaluate the progress on their students

appropriately. He also states students that are taught in this manner will be better

prepared to enter the workforce after graduation.

Howard S. Adelman, L. T. (2010). Mental Health In School (Vol. 2010). Corwin.

The book “Mental Health in School” by Howard S Adelman and Linda Taylor is about

mental health in general for engaging learners, improving schools and how we can use

methods in school to avoid mental health issues. Both authors have experiences in this

area where Adelman is professor of psychology and codirector of the School Mental

Health project, while Taylor also is a codirector of the School Mental Health Project

(Adelman, Taylor, page viii). The book covers questions like “Why school should be

involved in mental health and what the focus of mental health should be on?” The authors

claims that the book covers and will be helpful of enhancing the nature of scope of

mental health interventions to fill gaps, enhance effectiveness, address problems early,

     
 
      
 

reduce stigma, and fully imbue clinical and service efforts with public health, general

education, and equity orientations. They also state that this new approach to school-based

mental health will serve students, maximizes resources, and promote academic

performance (Adelman, Taylor, page ix). Adelman and Taylor use both statistics and

good sources to claim their statement. The audience is considered to be broad and contain

all people with a stake in public education (Adelman, Taylor, page v).

Essays

Carol J. Kaffenberger, J. O. (2013). Refwork. Retrieved from -https://0-www-jstor-

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Modern school systems play a big role in the development of mental health issues in

students. According to mentalhealth.gov mental health is defined as issues that includes

our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and

act. (2017,2019) It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make

choices. According to Kaffenberger, approximately 14%-20% school age children are

diagnosed with mental health or behavior disorder (Kaffenberger, 2017). This shows that

schools do play a role in the development of these issues. By taking action to solve these

issues, numbers of people suffering by mental health issues will rapidly become lower.

     
 
      
 

DeSocio, J., & Hootman, J. (2004). Children’s mental health and school success. The Journal of

School Nursing, 20(4), 189-196.

The literature review “Children Mental Health and School Success” by Janiece DeSocio

and Janis Hootman is about how mental health can affect and be affected by school

success and failure. According to the authors, a review of the literature states that there is

an interaction between mental health and school performance (DeSocio & Hootman,

2004, 190). A national crisis is established by the authors regarding the influence that the

education system and mental health problems have on students (DeSocio & Hootman,

2004, 191). School nurses are cited as being an important person in supporting the mental

health of the students in the institution (DeSocio & Hootman, 2004, 194). This article

provides information supporting that mental health should be a concern for educators.

Journals

Rones, M., & Hoagwood, K. (2000). School-based mental health services: A research review.

The article “School-Based Mental Health Services” by Michelle Rones and Kimberly

Hoagwood is about how Schools play an important role in providing mental health

services to children. The author also discusses the particular clinical syndromes that the

children frequently are affected by (Rones, Hoagwood, 2000, 223). “Results suggest that

there are a strong group of school-based mental health programs that have evidence of

impact across a range of emotional and behavioral problems” (Rones, Hoagwood, 2000,

223). This information tells us that developing these sorts of programs, will play an

important role in preventing these issues among children. Further, the authors mention

that one-fifth of children in the United States are diagnosed with a mental disorder, and

only a few of these ever received treatment services (Rones, Hoagwood, 2000, 224). This

     
 
      
 

statement should be a call for the environment to take action into these issues. Rones and

Hoagwood also referring to high numbers of different statistics, which makes us,

understand the importunateness of solving this problem.

Artime, T. M., Buchholz, K. R., & Jakupcak, M. (2019). Mental health symptoms and treatment

utilization among trauma-exposed college students. Psychological trauma: theory,

research, practice, and policy, 11(3), 274.

In the journal article “Does Parental Involvement Matter for Students´ Mental Health in

Middle School?” the authors talk about how parents being involved with their middle

school children may have a positive effect on their mental health in school (Wang, Salle,

Do, Wu, Sullivan, 2019, 222). Because of the authors experience within this area, good

life experiences and examples from the everyday life are being taken to consideration.

The article mentions topics such as how demographic differences and victimization

influence the adolescent’s mental health. According to the authors, both gender and

racial/ethnic background play a big rule (Wang, Salle, Do, Wu, Sullivan, 2019, 223 and

224). Further, the authors use measures, data analysis, different methods, and descriptive

data to state their claim. Statistics from the article show numbers of different genders that

include higher number within white people than Asians (Wang, Salle, Do, Wu, Sullivan,

2019, 226 and 227). Lastly, the authors discuss how parents involvement within SES,

Ethnicity, Grade Levels, Peer Victimization, and Gender to a great extent influence the

their middle school children (Wang, Salle, Do, Wu, Sullivan, 2019, 229 and 230).

Keys, E. J. The Mental Health Counseling Role of School Counselors (Vol. 1998)

     
 
      
 

The journal article ” The Mental Health Counseling Role of School Counselors” by Estes

J. Lockhart and Susan G. Keys is about mental health issues in school, how usual these

issues have become and what kind of action that is needed to stop this trend growing and

effect students. In addition the authors discusses issues that contributing to student mental

health problems like poverty, homelessness and physical and sexual abuse (Keys). As

mentioned Lockhart and Keys talks about how schools can move forward by meeting the

needs of these students to create better circumstances within the school (Keys). The

School Mental Health Counselors works with all kinds of issues from students diagnosed

by alcoholism, depression and disorders (Keys). The authors make good claims and ideas

that can avoid these mental issues to develop among schools. People are taking those

issues for granted instead of doing something about it. Taking advantage of school

counselors can be the idea of solving this problem.

Websites

Miller, K., Wakefield, J., & Sani, F. (2018). Identification with the school predicts better mental

health amongst high school students over time. Educational & Child Psychology, 21.

The article “Identification with the school predicts better mental health amongst high

school students over time” by Kirsty Miller, Juliet Wakefield, and Fabio Sani is about

how mental health among students in high school develop in a good direction with time.

This means that a senior student is predicted to have better mental health than a freshman

student, according to the authors (Miller, Wakefield, Sani, 2018, 21). To state their claim,

the authors use longitude research data, friend identification, and longitudinal data using

“number of high group identifications” as the predictor of mental health (Miller,

     
 
      
 

Wakefield, Sani, 2018, 23). The authors also mention hypothesis and analysis, which

include data showing that students´ mental health is getting better during years of

experiences at school (Miller, Wakefield, Sani, 2018, 25). Because of these results,

parents should not overreact if their children are suffering by mental health issues early.

Wildcards #2

Rhetorical Analysis Paper Reflection

The Rhetorical Analysis paper was about how ethos, logos and pathos were represented

in the book “Evidence Based Practice in School”. The paper also included genres, audience and a

discussion. By writing this paper I noticed that the book “Evidence Based Practice in School” is

written in a very formal way, which is presented with good structure, vocabulary and statistics.

In addition we observe several surveys, which makes the book reliable. By complete this

assignment I learned more about rhetoric with focus on ethos, logos and pathos. In addition I got

a better understanding of the research process, which made me do research in another way than

earlier. From now I am going to focus on finding more sources to claim my statements and also

use more time to read through my paper. By reading the book we observed that there was a link

between mental health issues in students and modern-day school administration. We also noticed

different methods used to treat Mental Issues in school. The author stated that students that were

taught in this manner and benefited these methods would be better prepared to enter the

workforce and graduation. Because of these observations, schools should introduce improved

systems to prevent these issues from developing even more. By completing this assignment we

learned about rhetoric at the same time as we went deeper into the topic “Mental Health”.  

     
 
      
 

Cleary, M., Walter, G., & Jackson, D. (2011). “Not always smooth sailing”: mental health issues

associated with the transition from high school to college. Issues in mental health

nursing, 32(4), 250-254.

In the journal article “'Not always smooth sailing': Mental health issues associated with

the transition from high school to college by Michelle Cleary, Garry Walter and Debra

Jackson talk about how circumstances and expectations play a big role in developing

mental health issues among students transitioning to college or university life. The

authors discuss risk factors, identity challenges, and strategies used to improve the mental

health among these students (Cleary, Walter, Jackson, 2011, 250). Cleary,Walter, and

Jackson carry a lot of experience within this field, which makes them reliable (Cleary,

Walter, Jackson, 2011, 250). The authors talk about how the transition to college may

involve implications for students’ mental health (Cleary, Walter, Jackson, 2011, 251).

Challenges for Health Professionals on college campuses are also mentioned where

students that die by suicide may affect the campuses negatively (Cleary, Walter, Jackson,

2011, 252). Strategies are being used to improve the mental health of young adults on

college campuses to prevent this problem. An article by Kitzrow states that more and

better mental health service use on campus may be a result of more positive attitude

towards mental illness (Kitzrow, 2003). By looking at these statements, we understand

the important role the transition for college students plays for the mental health among

these students.

Primary sources #2

     
 
      
 

Artime, T. M., Buchholz, K. R., & Jakupcak, M. (2019). Mental health symptoms and treatment

utilization among trauma-exposed college students. Psychological trauma: theory,

research, practice, and policy, 11(3), 274.

The journal article “Mental Health Symptoms and Treatment Utilization Among Trauma-

Exposed College Students” by Tiffany M. Artime, Katherine R. Buchholz and Matthew

Jakupcak is about the impacts of two forms of trauma exposure on students mental health

and academic functioning and about comparing mental health service utilization. These

forms are based on the authors’ experiences of trauma exposure (Artime, Buchholz,

Jakupcak, 2019, 274). Because the authors carry years of experiences within this area, the

given information is credible. Artime, Buchholz, and Jakupcak talk about combat and

interpersonal violence where they mention that there has been an increase in attention

targeting this topic. In addition, the authors mention Service utilization among trauma-

exposed college students, and discuss how this is related to mental health (Artime,

Buchholz, Jakupcak, 2019, 275). Methods to solve these issues are given where the

authors also mention data to state their claim on how to decrease these issues (Artime,

Buchholz, Jakupcak, 2019, 277). Lastly, the authors discuss the measurements,

participants, and results with focus on trauma history and mental health indicators.

Numbers show that compared with students with no deployment exposure or IPV in the

past 12 month, trauma-exposed students suffered from poorer mental health as indicated

by a number of outcome measures (Artime, Buchholz, Jakupcak, 2019, 275).

Kim, D. H., Bassett, S. M., So, S., & Voisin, D. R. (2018). Family stress and youth mental health

problems: Self-efficacy and future orientation mediation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

     
 
      
 

The journal article “Family Stress and Youth Mental Health Problems: Self-Efficacy and

Future Orientation Mediation” by Dong Ha Kim, Suzanna So, Sarah M. Bassett, and

Dexter R. Voisin is about whether future orientation and self-esteem mediated the

relationship between family stress and mental health problems among African American

youth (Dong, So, Bassett, Voisin, 2019, 125). The authors use credible information from

their education and life experiences. According to the article, “future orientation and self-

esteem work as potential mediators of family stress and mental problems in youth” (.

Future orientation is then a factor that is likely to mediate relationship between family

stress and youth mental health problems. The authors also mention mental health

problems among African American youth. The 2000 national Household Survey on Drug

Abuse states that “among European American, Hispanic, and African American

adolescents, African American youth reported higher rates of anxiety but lower rates of

depression as compared with European American and Hispanic adolescents” (Dong, So,

Bassett, Voisin, 2019, 126). The authors also use models such as the conceptual model

that explains family stress and mental health mediated by self-esteem and future

orientation (Dong, So, Bassett, Voisin, 2019, 128). In addition, measurements are also

being used where topics like for instance; demographics, family stress, self-esteem, future

orientation, and mental health problems are mentioned. By using analysis, the authors`

statements are credible (Dong, So, Bassett, Voisin, 2019, 130).