We should do what we can do to support mental health, or else we will see the continuation of a mental health epidemic.
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- Oct 2020
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Mental health may be in your head, but it affects your body, your loved ones and your community. It’s time we acknowledge that mental health isn’t something we can ignore.
This ending line is like a final wrap up appealing to pathos and logs saying that mental health does not only affect the individual and should be taken seriously. Here the author is trying to get the readers to feel a passion to go out and help and get involved to support mental health.
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These techniques require more testing and more funding
Again a call to action to encourage people to financially support these institutions.
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By investing in organizations such as the NIH, we can find new approaches to mental health challenges as old as humankind. There’s no reason mental health treatment should derail someone’s professional and personal life.
Here we see a call to action and the author is saying that the readers need to do their part and support the mental health initiative. Support others in the way you can and to support institutions that can help more people on a level larger than just one individual.
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By wearing my mental health on my sleeve, I like to think I’m helping normalize that it’s okay to experience anxiety, depression and any other mental health ailment. I’m still learning from others about how best to share my story. As more people acknowledge their mental health history, we’ll pare back a stigma that has allowed mental health to go undiscussed and, in some cases, untreated.
Pathos cause we see a draw to emotional appeal here with saying how they feel they are helping the community by sharing their story.
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Only after substantial counseling and years of support from my loved ones have I grown comfortable discussing my history with anorexia. Now I take advantage of any and all opportunities to talk about it
Personal anecdote that shows that after time people are willing and excited to share their mental health stories to help other people. I had a hard time classifying this but I think this leans more to the side of pathos because the author is trying to convey the message that people with mental health issues need time and counseling before they can share their story and help others,
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We’ve received all the warning signs necessary that the mental health epidemic requires more support, research and funding. American youth are waiting for the rest of the nation to recognize the importance of this issue. The proof is in the numbers: a Pew poll found that 70 percent of teenagers view mental health as a bigger issue than bullying, drug addiction or gangs
Logos in the second half after author says proof is in the numbers. In the first half we see a slight appeal to pathos saying that "We've" seen the warning signs as a way to hold the readers accountable of how bad the mental health epidemic is. Here the author makes us feel guilty and ashamed that we saw the signs and neglected to make any sufficient change to better aid the youth of America.
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. But still, every day, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 130 people die from an opioid overdose.
Another example of logos here with the statistic of 130 people die form an opioid overdose everyday. This could also draw on a little bit of pathos because the emotion that the author is invoking when showing this statistic is as readers we should be sad that that many people are dying everyday only from opioids. .
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America has a mixed record in combating epidemics. We’ve acknowledged the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but still have a long way to go in terms of equal access to the best treatments as well as reducing stigmas.
This is ironic because reading this article today we see another example of how America is having a hard time controlling the coronavirus pandemic.
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On the national level, President Trump’s antics have negatively impacted the mental health of his constituents and his actions have likewise been harmful. For example, his budget called for cutting nearly $18 billion from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Cutting funding for resources that is needed to support mental health? Logos is here because the author is mentioning President Trump's decision to cut the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services $18 billion.
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Of those that experienced such an episode, 70 percent had a severe impairment as well
Logos here again saying that 70% youth that has a depressive episode had suffered severe impairment as a result of their depressive episode.
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Since 2006, the number of youth experiencing major depressive episodes has jumped by more than 60 percent, from 7.9 to 12.8 percent. That means that in 2016, 3,212,800 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 years old went through such an episode.
Obvious logos here with case studies and statistics of youth experiencing depressive episodes rising a significant amount in such a short time.
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In fact, most students simply thought it was normal to feel overwhelmed, undernourished and frequently anxious.
This draws on pathos a little bit because reading this article as a student I can relate to these feelings and also that fact that it has been normalized when in reality people should not be feeling like this daily.
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. A visit to the counselor centered on disciplinary issues rather than mental health concerns.
In the past the counselor's office wasn't looked at as a resource or support center but a place with negative connotation.
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Kevin Frazier is a master’s student at Harvard Kennedy School and a student at the UC Berkeley School of Law.
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By Kevin Frazier | Special to the Daily Cal
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Schools should prioritize students’ mental health
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Friday, April 12, 2019
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