Im doing my final project on anxiety. Anxiety among students are a very serous and common problem. In my photos I will have students pose and they are being choked by an invisible hand from the back. And they’re head being pressed by hand. I will have other photo, where the students will be still in the picture but their face will have blur due to motion that represent the thoughts and anxiety they have to experience
The article im using to link my project is https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/29/a-push-for-mental-health-care-at-colleges-depression-and-anxiety-really-eat-up-our-kids/
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_7d4bc4e4-435b-11e8-a275-73a5fdb251f2.html
The article that you picked is not really about anxiety or depression but the lack of sufficient mental health resources for college students in California. Find an article about anxiety if that is the topic that interests you.
Your example with the blurred motion is the most interesting idea of the three because it is less cliche. Shoot with strobes and drag the shutter. You might also try multiple exposures. That could be hard in our class room but it is worth a try.
Remember that you need three approaches-each with two variations.