Report of a counselling internship at Holy Cross School complex and a study on adolescent depression

• Main Author: Brown, Florence Pearl, 1972-
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Student counselors > Training of > Newfoundland and Labrador; Depression in adolescence > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; Canada; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/12250

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. Education Bibliography: leaves 76-79. This report provides a summary of a ten week counselling internship at Holy Cross School Complex, Eastport, that was completed from April 23 to June 22, 2001. The report is divided into four major chapters. The first describes the proposed internship including the rationale, objectives, proposed site, internship plan and evaluation. Chapter two provides a literature review on adolescent depression over the past 50 years. The common views of depression, the classifications of adolescent depression and the factors associated with adolescent depression are reviewed in depth. Chapter three discusses the process upon which the survey on adolescent depression was conducted, the results of the survey, and the recommendations and suggestions which follow from this study. Finally, chapter four provides a description of the actual internship activities and a review of the objectives.