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Heajin Jeon (Jean)

Trinity Western University

ENGL 101: Introduction to Writing

Instructor: Jean Jeon

June 5th, 2021

A Review of “Mental Health Literacy in Post-secondary Students”

Kutcher, S., & Wei, C. (2015). Mental health literacy in post-secondary students. Health Education Journal, 75(6). URL.

Introduction

In the article “Mental health literacy in post-secondary students”, Kutcher (2015) mentions that improving knowledge of teen’s mental health can positively impact their lives, including better recognition of mental disorders, reduced stigma and improved ability to prevent mental illness from a socio-psychological perspective. Kutcher, a resident in Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre of University of Toronto and he also has a Medical Degree at McMaster University. Kutcher is a renowned expert in juvenile psychological health problem and involved in mental health work in more than 20 countries. He has published more than three articles regarding to mental health disease of adolescent and early onset depression. The author does not have any bias … on the field of mental health of children. Although the article lacks variety of strong evidence, Kutcher (2015) writes an effective article because the writing style is appropriate for the intended readers and the organization is fluid.

Summary

Kutcher (2015) states the negative consequences of adolescents not recognizing and not accepting treatment for mental disorders, and he explores a survey report that can improve adolescents' psychological problems. Initially, Kutcher introduces his report of “Transitions”, a comprehensive life-skills resource that can helps young generation understand the knowledge about their potential mental health problems and the causes of mental illness in adolescents. Afterwards, he demonstrates the experimental steps of the method of “Transitions” and the basic information of the participating groups and their feedback. In the end, the author summarizes the result that it can improve the knowledge and reduce the stigma of teen’s psychiatric illnesses.

Evaluation

Although the article is effective, it lacks variety of strong evidence as an academic article. In other words, Kutcher fails to provide sufficient evidence to support his main argument, and his self-report sample cannot represent all adolescents in North America. For example, Kutcher conveys in-person and online surveying on a local university campus in Canada to examine the impact of the mental health on teenagers, and he writes, “Nearly half (48.8%) of respondents were in first year, over one-quarter (26.8%) were in second year and the remaining students were in third year (6.1%), fourth year (7.3%) or other (11.0%)” (Kutcher, 2015, p.691). It is clear that the digital data he provided is not directly related to his main argument, and the evidence does not support his idea with mental health problem on teenagers. MORE SENTENCES NEEDED. In addition, according to Kutcher’s result of the same report, he discovers …ADD MORE CONTEXT...“Given the positive results of this study concerning post-secondary students’ perceptions of the resource … it is reasonable to suggest that post-secondary school settings consider making this evidence-based resource available to their student populations with proper adaptation if needed” (Kutcher, 2015, p.694). With this in mind, the sample population of the report is from a university in Canada, and the group mentioned in his evidence does not reflect the psychological problems of adolescents across Canada or throughout North America because of the prejudice of ethnicity, regional and cultural differences among different adolescents. Therefore, although the article is effective, his evidence is limited for an academic article.

However, the article is effective because of an appropriate writing style.

The article is also effective because of the fluid the organization.

Conclusion

In conclusion/To sum up, begin with a transition phrase. Re-state Thesis KW and Paragraph KWs in 2-3 sentences in a fresh way. State the usefulness of the article and a general recommendation as a concluding remark. (ex: This article would be useful for (scholars/students/general public) who wish to learn about the topic because...)

Assertion sentences of each evaluation para.

Although the article is effective, it lacks variety of strong evidence as an academic article.

However, the article is effective because… + +.

The article is also effective because.. + +

1) Please keep working on Task #3 .

2) Save a draft of your introduction, summary and one body paragraph to “AR drafts Dropbox” on Moodle.

3) Article Review Virtual Presentation (5%) : Thursday, June 3rd @ 9:00am - 11:30am (PDT)

If this time does not work for you, you MUST communicate with me at least 3days prior to this date. *NO learning pods meeting on this day.

4) Article Review Final Due (via Turn-it-in): Saturday, June 5th - Monday, June 7th before 11:59pm (PDT)