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KMID : 1143820100060010055
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Anxiety and Mood
2010 Volume.6 No. 1 p.55 ~ p.64
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A Study on Awareness of Depression and Needs of a Depression Support Program in the University
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Kim Woo-Jae
Kim Seol-Min
Kim Eun-Kyung
Kim Kyoung-Hoon
Song Ji-Young
Paik Jong-Woo
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Abstract
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Objective : Depression is a significant and growing problem among college students. Depression contributes to numerous academic, social, and health problems, including suicide. This study surveyed depression awareness and the need for establishing a depression support program through Kyunghee University.
Methods: We used the Kyunghee University Mail delivery system for college students to conduct this survey on depression and depression.
Results: All of the students who responded to the survey, 41.86% reported that they had experienced depression. Among students experiencing depression, 27.27% experienced suicidal ideation, and 56.56% said they wanted to receive mental health counseling or treatment. All the respondents, 47.04% of respondents said they would to go to the external medical center, not school’s internal counseling center of school, for such treatment. All the respondents, 73.75% said the student depression/suicide problem was serious. In addition, 71.34% of respondents required a depression support program.
Conclusion: The university’s depression support program needs to improve its accessibility by developing content focused on the early detection of, and improved awareness of, depression.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Early intervention, Depression support program, Health services demand, Universities, E-Mail transfer system
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