Anxiety On The Rise Research Paper

Is Anxiety on the Rise? Jessica Ling sat beneath an anxious cloud on a wooden chair in the Fairfield University library, attempting to ignore the oncoming, inevitable shower of a panic attack, but ultimately accepted the attack. Ling, a sophomore nursing major at Fairfield University, has begun to feel the stress of 19-credit load, a job at an interior design store, and social life. But Ling realized she was not experiencing simply stress. She had developed and was diagnosed and medicated, this year, with generalized anxiety disorder. “When I’m anxious it feels like my brain is going 100 miles an hour. I can’t process one single thought,” Ling said in an interview. And she is not alone. 2 out of 5 students at Fairfield University …show more content…
Lilley said, “The course load has definitely increased the anxiety that I am constantly feeling.” Lilley continued, “No matter how much I study, I am never done. There is always more to do”. After being informed about the statistics of anxiety on campus, Dean of the Nursing School, Meredith Kazer said, “I am very concerned about the amount of anxiety in our students”. Kazer wrote in an email, “The workload of nursing majors is really hard.” Indeed, according to a Georgetown report titled “Center on Education and the Workforce”, the Bachelors of Science in nursing degree, compared to other majors, is the hardest of all undergraduate nursing degrees due to the number of exams and assignments nursing students complete in addition to required clinical hours. Kazer explained students of the Nursing School have created a student nurse association, zero attribution mission (ZAM) and a men in nursing club. Both clubs, Kazer said, “aim to offer support and encouragement to students to decrease anxiety and to be successful in our programs”. In addition, Kazer said the Nursing School is working closely with academic and student affairs to properly and quickly treat students with anxiety …show more content…
Weihs said, “When you come in for counseling. You get who you get. You can request a male or female, but that’s it”. Individual therapy, which, according to both Weihs and Kazer is instrumental in helping a student cope with anxiety, is limited to 10 sessions per student per year. After the 10 sessions at Fairfield’s Health Center, Weihs suggests a student go to group therapy, “Group therapy is unlimited. There are usually 10 students per group and can be helpful to some students”. According to the American Psychology Associated (APA), the most effective treatment for successful long-term results is personal counseling, not group therapy. In fact, the least effective anxiety treatment according to APA research is group therapy. Ling laughed at the idea and said, “That would increase my anxiety”. Though anxiety disorders may seem to some nursing and other Fairfield students to be prevalent on campus, Weihs stated, “Anxiety at Fairfield represents a normal trend. We are seeing more and more students present anxiety disorders over the last few years. That is a normal

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