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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL) at 1-800-715-4225

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With this being said, I am also glad I did get a small sample to see how the mental health of college students was impacted by the quarantine caused by COVID-19. Majority of the respondents answered that there was an increase in feelings of sadness, loneliness, uneasiness, and worry. It was interesting to find that not many college students were aware of the rising suicide rates among college students.  If a student is struggling with their mental health, I encourage them to reach out to mental health hotlines or somebody they trust who can help them receive the help they deserve. Here is another link students can access: https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/how-do-i-find-dbhdd-services

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Having to conduct a research project was difficult to do in eight weeks, but was beneficial to my academic career. It was interesting to have to perform this non-experimental study at an associate's level to get a better understanding of what is to come in the future. I do wish I had more time and more respondents as well. The survey software used only allowed 40 responses for the free version accessible to me. It would have been interesting to see how big of an impact the quarantine due to COVID-19 had on the mental health of college students.

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More than half (64.5%) of the respondents surveyed were aware or strongly aware that there may be a relationship between the withdrawal of social interaction and an increase in suicide rates among college students during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. Interestingly, only 33% were aware of an increase in talking about an increase in suicide rates.

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Of the 30 respondents, 77.3% shared they were unsure or agreed to strongly agree with an increase of feelings of uneasiness and worry. It is reasonable to conclude that feelings of uneasiness and worry did increase during quarantine caused by COVID-19.

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Three questions (#3,6,9) addressed the suicide rates among college students during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. Two of the three addressed the perception of suicide rates and one question addressed a general statement of suicide rates among college students during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. It was found that 56% of the respondents answered that there was an awareness of suicide rates among college students increasing during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. It was found that 33% of the respondents answered that they heard their peers discussing the suicide rates among college students. It was found that 73% of the respondents answered that suicide rates increased due to the withdrawal of social activities during the quarantine caused by COVID-19.

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Three questions (#2,4,8) addressed the feelings of uneasiness and worry. These questions examined an increase of being uneasy or worried during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. These questions also brought awareness to being uneasy or worried. It was found that 86% of the respondents answered that there was an increase in feelings of uneasiness during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. It was found that 70% of the respondents answered that there was an increase in feelings of worry during the quarantine caused by COVID-19.  It was also found that 76% of the respondents answered that there was an increase in both feelings of uneasiness and worry during the quarantine caused by COVID-19.

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Four questions (#1,5,7,10) addressed the feelings of sadness and loneliness. These questions examined whether or not the respondents had an increase in feelings of sadness, loneliness, and helplessness during the quarantine caused by COVID-19. It was found that 76% of the respondents answered that there was an increase in feelings of sadness during the quarantine caused by COVID-19.  It was also found that 73% of the respondents answered that there was an increase in feelings of loneliness and helplessness during the quarantine caused by COVID-19.

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I then went to four classes and explained to the students what the focus of my research was and gave the participants the informed consent form.   After participants signed the informed consent form, a piece of paper directing them to the link of the survey was provided.

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It was also found that financial difficulty and lack of social interaction also displayed a relationship with anxiety and depressive symptoms among college students (Khan, Sultana, Hossain, Hasan, Ahmed, & Sikder, 2020)

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Kecojevic, Basch, Sullivan, & Davi (2020) determined that new lifestyle changes such as mandatory face masks and social distancing also influences the mental health of college students such as increasing the mental distress they experience.

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Browning et al. (2021) found that lifestyle changes such as the requirement to isolate played a huge role in the increase of anxiety and depression symptoms in college students. This also raised concern for their academic career.

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Studies displayed that COVID-19 did increase levels of sadness and uneasiness, especially in those with pre-existing mental health conditions and a poor support system ("Study in the time of Covid",  2020).

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Literature reviewed the impact that COVID-19 had on college students in regard to their academic career and mental health.  Studies how that the quarantine caused by COVID-19 increased feelings of depression and anxiety.

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Browning, M. H. E. M., Larson, L. R., Sharaievska, I., Rigolon, A., McAnirlin, O., Mullenbach, L., Cloutier, S., Vu, T. M., Thomsen, J., Reigner, N., Metcalf, E. C., D’Antonio, A., Helbich, M., Bratman, G. N., & Alvarez, H. O. (2021). Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States. PLoS ONE, 16(1), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245327

Kecojevic, A., Basch, C. H., Sullivan, M., & Davi, N. K. (2020). The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on mental health of undergraduate students in New Jersey, cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 15(9), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239696

Khan, A. H., Sultana, M. S., Hossain, S., Hasan, M. T., Ahmed, H. U., & Sikder, M. T. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health & wellbeing among home-quarantined Bangladeshi students: A cross-sectional pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.135

Study in the time of Covid. (2020). Psychologist, 10–11.

Wang, Z.-H., Yang, H.-L., Yang, Y.-Q., Liu, D., Li, Z.-H., Zhang, X.-R., Zhang, Y.-J., Shen, D., Chen, P.-L., Song, W.-Q., Wang, X.-M., Wu, X.-B., Yang, X.-F., & Mao, C. (2020). Prevalence of anxiety and depression symptom, and the demands for psychological knowledge and interventions in college students during COVID-19 epidemic: A large cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 275, 188–193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.034

https://www.mentalhelp.net/anxiety/hotline/

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Of the 30 respondents, 74.5% shared they were unsure or agreed to strongly agreed with an increase in feelings of sadness and loneliness. It is reasonable to conclude that feelings of sadness and loneliness did increase during the quarantine caused by COVID-19 due to the results from the survey.

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The survey produced 30 respondents from a community college in south-eastern Georgia.

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The researcher originally created a survey consisting of twenty-one questions but decided to bring it down to ten questions for the final survey. The survey was based on a likert scale. I then went to four classes and explained to the students what the focus of my research was and gave the participants the informed consent form. After participants signed the informed consent form, a piece of paper directing them to the link of the survey was provided.

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Participants were college students at the GMC Augusta Campus.

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This project covered the effect COVID-19 may have had on the rates of depression and anxiety in college students.