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Expanding Perspectives: Systemic Approaches to College Students Experiencing Depression
Author(s) -
Newhart Sean,
Mullen Patrick R.,
Gutierrez Daniel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12266
Subject(s) - mental health , depression (economics) , psychology , medical education , medicine , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Family and peer systems significantly influence college students' mental health. Nevertheless, many clinicians use treatment models that fail to consider multiple factors from different systems of individuals' lives. The authors discuss research highlighting the influence of students' systems on their mental health, specifically depression. Next, they provide a brief introduction to systems theory and approaches and use 2 case illustrations to present systemic approaches for treating students with depression. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.