Blog 6

Is their a higher occurrence of depression among first year undergraduates and if so, what are triggers for this depression and is this depression amplified by the consumption of alcohol and illicit use of drugs?

Works Cited

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Heiligenstein. "Depression and Academic Impairment in College Students." Journal of American College Health 45 (1996): 59-64. Print.

Lopez, Frederick G., Vicki L. Campbell, and C. Edward Watkins. "Depression, Psychological Separation, and College Adjustment: An Investigation for Sex Differences." Journal of Counseling Psychology 33.1 (1986): 52-56. Print.

Peden, Ann R., Mary Kay Rayens, Lynne A. Hall, and Lora H. Beebe. "Preventing Depression in High-Risk College Women: A Report of an 18-month Follow-up." Journal of American College Health 49.6 (2001): 299-306. Print.

Vredenburg, Karel, Erin O'Brien, and Lester Krames. "Depression in College Students: Personality and Experiential Factors." Journal of Counseling Psychology 35.4 (1988): 419-25. Print.