Kern 1
Kayla Kern
Advanced Composition
Professor Hannay
23 April 2023
Topic- Mental Health of College Students
The reason behind choosing this topic was not only because I have struggled with mental health
while in college but I’ve seen my friends and roommates face the same issues.
Introduction- As we have seen over the past decade the amount of death from suicide or drug
overdose has been college students real struggle due to their mental health. For many years the
talk about mental health was taken as a joke until it began a national problem seeing as many
students, especially those in college, would be found dead by a loved one. Why does it take
multiple deaths to understand that there is a serious problem going on inside of the world of
college students.
Paragraph 1- This paragraph will point out my key points noted throughout the essay creating a
structured outline for my paper.
Paragraph 2- This paragraph will describe the reason behind why mental health causes students
to commit suicide.
Paragraph 3- This paragraph will talk about the effects of friends close to the person that
struggles with mental health and how it potentially affects them as well.
Paragraph 4- This paragraph will describe the resources that can be found on college campuses
and places that can be of service when struggling.
Kayla Kern
Advanced Composition
Professor Hannay
23 April 2023
Topic- Mental Health of College Students
The reason behind choosing this topic was not only because I have struggled with mental health
while in college but I’ve seen my friends and roommates face the same issues.
Introduction- As we have seen over the past decade the amount of death from suicide or drug
overdose has been college students real struggle due to their mental health. For many years the
talk about mental health was taken as a joke until it began a national problem seeing as many
students, especially those in college, would be found dead by a loved one. Why does it take
multiple deaths to understand that there is a serious problem going on inside of the world of
college students.
Paragraph 1- This paragraph will point out my key points noted throughout the essay creating a
structured outline for my paper.
Paragraph 2- This paragraph will describe the reason behind why mental health causes students
to commit suicide.
Paragraph 3- This paragraph will talk about the effects of friends close to the person that
struggles with mental health and how it potentially affects them as well.
Paragraph 4- This paragraph will describe the resources that can be found on college campuses
and places that can be of service when struggling.
