• Find People
  • Campus Map
  • PiratePort
  • A-Z
    • About
    • Submit
    • Browse
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Academic Affairs
    • Honors College
    • View Item
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Academic Affairs
    • Honors College
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of The ScholarShipCommunities & CollectionsDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate SubmittedThis CollectionDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate Submitted

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Google Analytics Statistics

    PSYDEKICK: EDUCATING AND CONNECTING STUDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION

    View/ Open
    POSTON-HONORSTHESIS-2021.pdf (189.4Kb)

    Show full item record
    Author
    Poston, Sara Ellen
    Abstract
    Wicked problems are “social or cultural problems that are difficult or impossible to solve”1. A wicked problem in our day and age, is the growing mental health crisis in young adults. In a 2020 study conducted by The Jed Foundation stated, “A high proportion of students are dealing with anxiety (82%), followed by social isolation/loneliness (68%), depression (63%), trouble concentrating (62%), and difficulty coping with stress in a healthy way (60%)”2. With so much research on the growing mental health crisis in college age students, PsydeKick mental health student organization was created. Through ideation the organization took an education and advocacy approach and partnered with East Carolina University’s Counseling Center. The organization understood a focus on mental health was too large of a task to undertake and settled on a focus of the six key issues determined by students through research interviews. The six key focus areas were: anxiety, depression, stress management, substance abuse, suicide prevention and eating disorders. The organization came into existence with an original executive board of 4 individuals established for the duration of a year and continued for another year after the originals group involvement. PsydeKick’s platform was to focus on being outreach for the counseling center to share coping mechanisms and information about mental health and the resources available to students on and off campus. Once approved the organization began recruiting members along with organizing times to interact with the school population and coordinating next steps with the university. PsydeKick continued on-campus for a year past the project completion.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9303
    Subject
    Psydekick, ECU
    Date
    2021-05-28
    Citation:
    APA:
    Poston, Sara Ellen. (May 2021). PSYDEKICK: EDUCATING AND CONNECTING STUDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION (Honors Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9303.)

    Display/Hide MLA, Chicago and APA citation formats.

    MLA:
    Poston, Sara Ellen. PSYDEKICK: EDUCATING AND CONNECTING STUDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION. Honors Thesis. East Carolina University, May 2021. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9303. August 12, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Poston, Sara Ellen, “PSYDEKICK: EDUCATING AND CONNECTING STUDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION” (Honors Thesis., East Carolina University, May 2021).
    AMA:
    Poston, Sara Ellen. PSYDEKICK: EDUCATING AND CONNECTING STUDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION [Honors Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; May 2021.
    Collections
    • Honors College
    Publisher
    East Carolina University

    xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ItemViewer.elsevier_entitlement

    East Carolina University has created ScholarShip, a digital archive for the scholarly output of the ECU community.

    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback