Argument and Counter Argument

Working Thesis: There has been a substantial increase in anxiety and depression among university students due to socioeconomic status, social drinking, and the every day college stressors. This increase is leaving counseling centers overbooked, and it is essential that universities begin implementing ways to deal with the two week waitlist.

Earlier in my frame i explained my research question and how i plan on answering it. My research question is to what extent has depression and anxiety increased in college students and why has this increase occurred? How are colleges taking action in dealing with this epidemic-- why?

My paper will flow from understanding the increase, to explaining why the increase has occurred. I am tying in all of my research to better understand all possible reasons why, which include lower SES, social drinking, and the usual stressors brought out by college such as increased responsibility. Another important reason that is mentioned in a few different resources of mine is the fact the millennials are not used to failing, and strive to be the best all the time-- this can lead to negative feeling about the self that cause or bring out depression and anxiety. After the reasons are understood, I am discussing what the universities can do to help cope with the increase. This includes, technologies, group therapy, and helping students and faculty to be more educated upon the topic of mental illness. After this, it is important to discuss the problems of not acknowledging the increase, and potential problems the universities may run into while trying to deal with the increase. I will tie this all together by talking about how privatization simply does not allow for the counseling centers to expand in many ways because they are not being funded.

Argument:
During my research, i came across an article that showed college anxiety had no effect on student's post undergraduate decisions. This article implied that though students may deal with a great deal of anxiety in the moment, it has no long last effects on decisions such as applying to graduate school. Unfortunately, I did not save this link and do not have the time to search for it at this moment. I will hopefully find this research article tomorrow, and post the link in the comments. This focuses on the long term effects, not the potential hazards of the mental illness going unnoticed at the present moment. If a person cannot get through college because of anxiety, graduate school is no longer an option. Potential job opportunities after college will also not be an option being that the student never obtained a degree.