<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polk, Jacob</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">La Salud Mental</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psycology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ecuador</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mental health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Psycology</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">06/1996</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oregon State University</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corvallis</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bachelor of Arts in International Studies in Psycology</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">When the opportunity came along to pursue an international degree here at Oregon
State University I really did not know where it would lead me or what interests it would
bring into my life. I had a general idea of what the degree was all about and what it
included but as are most things in life it was far from clear where I would end up with this
work. This is the final piece of much time, work, effort, and yes even frustration
regarding my international degree. It has been a difficult road to follow at times but it has
been an incredibly rewarding and beneficial experience for which I am thankful.
The most challenging part of this degree has definitely been the senior project and
paper. My problem initially was finding or creating a worthy and constructive project that
was interesting to myself. This issue was compounded by the fact that my first major is a
Bachelors of Arts degree in psychology. This degree does not offer the training necessary
to serve as a professional counselor or researcher in the United States nor in any other
part of the world. Therefore it was not possible to create an experience in which I
volunteered or spent time working in a mental health clinic or research facility. To be
quite frank about the matter I did not and do not have the training and qualifications
necessary to attempt such a project. However, in the end I came up with the very
interesting idea of looking at and describing what exists in the area of &quot;mental health&quot; in
Ecuador, a developing country of the third world. It turned out to be a worthwhile
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