There is a significant public health problem in America that is causing mass devastation. Ironically, it is administered by your healthcare providers. The culprit is opioid addiction. There have been some efforts to curb this epidemic. Andrew Yang has offered many solutions in his presidential campaign. But despite the attempts to stop this epidemic, Andrew Rogers, who is a doctoral student in clinical psychology who works in the UH Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory and its Substance Use Treatment Clinic...
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The film Still Alice deals with a very serious subject matter of a person whose life is turned upside down when she gets a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimerâs disease. Throughout most of this film we can see an accurate portrayal of the symptoms associated with this crippling brain disease. During the course of the entire movie Alice Howland progressively goes through the three stages of Alzheimerâs disease. Although this movie depicts the human aspects of this degenerative condition exceptionally well,...
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Elizabeth Short, who would eventually become known across the globe as The Black Dahlia, was a 22-year-old American woman who was raped, murdered, dismembered, and thrown on a vacant lot in a Los Angeles suburb in Los Angeles County on January 15, 1947. No one knows exactly what happened leading up to Elizabeth Shortâs last moments when she fought for her life. There was no murder confession, and there was a lack of evidence to lead investigators further (CITATION THE...
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Nature vs. Nurture, the most common question evolved around serial killers. Who could possibly be nurtured into being a serial killer. It obviously has to be someone who is born that way, just born evil. As much as I would like to agree this is a highly false statement. Serial killers are shaped through childhood events which trauma majority of the time. Statistically 65% of the time. Even the other 35% of serial killers that werenât affected through childhood still...
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Salvage the Bones is narrated by a teenager named Esch. She is the only girl in an all-male family, since her mother is dead, and her father is an alcoholic. Isolated and alone in this savage town (the townâs name âBois Sauvageâ and the fact that their homestead is called âThe Pitâ says a lot about how rural this place is), she seeks of a way to escape. She shifts between the present happenings of her life and often alludes...
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Morality is one's ability to make the distinction between right and wrong, good or bad behavior. This is a characteristic that is very important in the majority of people's lives as it can be the difference between keeping a good job and moving up in the world and losing your livelihood due to some questionable choices or words. Former NBA star and hall of famer Charles Barkley once proclaimed that he is 'not a role model' and shouldn't be held...
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Making a murderer involves many psychological factors that affect everybody differently. The psychological makeup of the human mind controls the thoughts, decisions, and actions. It affects everyone from infants to criminals and Trauma, aggression, and mental illnesses are factors that cause a person to become a serial killer. A serial killer is someone who kills at least three people with each killing being a separate event (Crime Museum). However, if the kills were done at once and were not separate...
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Hundreds of thousands of babies are brought into this world daily. With our population growing more rapidly than ever, there is an apparent demand for pediatric nurses to provide care to these children. Pediatric nurses have the ability to promote a healthy lifestyle to children through many stages of their lives with the use of ample resources to maintain well-being and to allow patients to retain the healthy habits they have been taught in order to thrive from birth into...
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The famous playwrighter William Shakespeare once said, âThere is no darkness, but ignorance.â Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book based on a dystopian society in the future; it is robot-like and controlled. Although Bradbury wrote it in 1953, it has some alarming similarities to the world today. Ray Bradburyâs Fahrenheit 451 illustrates a society where technology is dangerous, censorship covers up the truth, and ignorance is pervasive. These themes are conveyed through the thoughts and actions of characters....
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While analyzing a major literary work, it is important to uncover the key elements and purposes of the specific text. By revealing the authorâs motivation for writing, readers can understand the true meaning and fully appreciate the language. In a narrative work such as The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the narrator has the purpose of conveying a message through a relatable voice. In this work, Chaucer used various speakers to touch on multiple subjects whilst painting a realistic picture...
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Ray Bradburry creates a society that is run by a government that manipulates its people by providing them with a happy and simple life. Instead, of allowing their own people to think independently, the government tells its society how to shape their lives. In order to keep control, the executives controlling the town, enforce their own mindset through the brutal use of technology. Adam Gopnik quote illustrates the idea that people tend to forget everything in order to stop constant...
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The American Pregnancy Association points out, âInfertility is a condition that affects approximately 1 out of every 6 couplesâ (âFemale Infertilityâ, 2019). Infertility is a global public health issue that silently affects more people that the average person assumes. Because this issue is not openly talked about, many people are unaware about the topic and it becomes stigmatized. In this paper, the pathophysiology, population affected, current ideas treatment measures, nursing care, other possible consideration regarding this health topic, and any...
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Introduction Deviance is defined as âany action, belief, or human characteristics that members of a society or social group consider a violation of a group norms for which the violator is likely to be censured or punished.â (Ritzer, 2016). As such obesity can be seen as a form of social deviance. The reason being in certain aspects of everyday life, it is being stigmatized. Obesity can be defined as the increase of the body mass index as a result of...
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Psychological research is conducted to help broaden our knowledge and understanding of psychological processes, human behaviors and to possibly help build effective treatments for disorders and diagnostic criteria that accurately diagnose patients. In many different countries and cultures, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has many different diagnostic criteria that define the disorder. Due to the lack of cross-cultural research around BPD cultural differences were not accounted for when considering how BPD symptoms may look in other places around the world. According...
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Bram Stokerâs Dracula was written during the Victorian era, and the novel acts as a time capsule to societal beliefs and standards of the time. The encapsulation of these values can be seen in the way the novel engages with the gender roles that society presented to men and women. Women were isolated and suppressed in all aspects of their society. Men, however, were able to flaunt the authority and freedom that society had gifted them with. Dracula explores the...
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In her eponymous play, Medea, in the name of revenge for Jasonâs betrayal, kills her own children. I will argue that Medeaâs actions are, in fact, logically justified because they are rational when viewed on a cosmic scale. First, Jasonâs severest and highest offense is his violation of his oath to the gods, and therefore the best form of justice for this is on a divine level in return. Medea carried this out after deliberating in a âdivineâ manner, which...
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The tone of a social setting is often set by the alcohol which is consumed. Participants can use its significance to âmanipulat[e]...cultural systems, values...and expectationsâ('Social and Cultural Aspects of Drinking'). Early on in North Americaâs colonial history, traders used alcohol to acquire âsought-after skins and other resourcesâ from Indigenous people (Beauvais 1998 253). Note the terms Aboriginal and Indigenous, here, this vocabulary specifically addresses First Nations people affected by the Indian Act and colonization. This does not always include MĂ©tis...
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Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter primarily centers around the deed of sinning, and the effect it has on those surrounding. Initially, we are presented with Hester Prynne, a young woman who essentially commits the immoral act of adultery. Consequently, those associated with this act of sin ultimately are further consumed by immorality than the sinner herself. Sin in the Scarlet Letter presents itself in two forms; guilt and revenge. Guilt in the novel, is directly proportional to the...
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The Giver by Lois Lowry sets place in a futuristic society. It is undetermined the exact location or period that the story takes place. This society is based on a utopian community. A perfect society, where everyone is safe, they have never suffered pain, or ever heard of violence, but the citizens have no individuality, choice, or any freedom. The setting of this community is composed of a collection of houses known as dwellings were the same in shape, color,...
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Drop in opium prices cause poor poppy farmers in Mexico to migrate to the U.S., raising tensions between Mexico and the Trump administration. President Trump uses the stereotype of Mexicans being criminals, violent individuals and drug syndicates to further his anti-immigrant campaign. However, studies prove these stereotypes are false. There are better ways to solve issues surrounding illegal immigration and drug trafficking without unjustly criminalizing immigrants. A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to extract opium...
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Introduction The second biggest cause of cancer in the UK is overweight or obesity and this is preventable. Cancer Research UK (CRUK) reports that breast cancer is now the UKâs most common cancer. (CRUK, 2019). According to the World Health Organisation, (WHO) breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world. WHO have also now estimated that in the last 40 years, the prevalence of obesity worldwide has more than doubled (WHO, 2018). It is expected that cancer...
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Infertility is defined most simply as the inability to conceive naturally after 12 months of regular sexual intercourse without contraceptives (Luk & Loke, 2015, p. 610). Having children and starting a family is a conventional staple in society and what infertility represents is an inability to do so. It affects approximately 1 of every 6 childbearing-age couples (Sherrod, 2004, p. 42). The consequences of infertility are manifold and can affect individuals psychologically, socially, and economically (Cousineau & Domar, 2007, p....
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Cholera is a disease characterized by extreme bouts of diarrhea (Somboonwit, Menezes, Holt, Sinnott, and Shapshak, 2017). In the 19th century, Cholera was believed to be a disease caused by breathing âbad airâ, however researcher John Snow showed that cases of the disease were clustered around a public well (Symington, 2016). Upon inspecting the water from the well, John Snow discovered the presence of white particles floating giving weight to his theory that the disease was caused by waterborne bacterium...
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Domestic violence is an issue that takes place far too often around us. It consists of spousal abuse, parent and child abuse, and abuse to elders. Retributive justice consists of knowingly violating the rights of others, but having the punishment of doing so fit the crime that was committed. With that being said, domestic abusers are often not convicted for those crimes. In fact, only about thirty percent of those arrested for domestic abuse are convicted and sentenced to jail...
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Abstract An increasing number of people are developing diabetes across the nation. The affect on children has become overwhelmingly high. Schools need to educate teachers on the signs and symptoms of the disease to insure the health of students. If school officials and teachers are aware of how diabetes affects children and the signs to look for proper treatment can be achieved without causing severe health complications. Familiarity with hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and the different types of diabetes enables a teacher...
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Being a resident of the city of Beaumont since birth, and watching the local news often, I have recently discovered the violent crimes that have taken place. Four innocent people have lost their lives in the South Park neighborhood one day. The Beaumont Enterprise states that âit is the cityâs first mass shooting in five years (Moore).â One suspect was charged with four counts of murder. The suspect and the victims were all minorities, specifically African-American. Why did he do...
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âInfluence is when you are not the one talking and yet your words fill the room; when you are absent and yet your presence is felt everywhere.â (TemitOpe Ibrahim) Throughout my life, there have been several people who have great influences on me, but some have left a vast impact on my life. Beside of my loving mother, Staci was the significant figure that contributed in shaping and changing me to become who I am today. Whenever I think of...
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This essay is going to discuss the relationship between prejudice and discrimination by drawing upon relevant literature, such as Abrams (2010) Equality and Human Rights Report and a study conducted by Hilton & Von Hippel (1996), which link to both associated concepts. It will include a definition of the terms as well as critically discuss the social psychological evidence that supports the relationship between each component. It will include psychological principles for a variety of groups, including race and gender....
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In this essay, obesity will be explored in three different ways. First, from a biological perspective to consider how to identify if a person is obese and the different lifestyle factors that contribute to the risk of obesity. Second, from a psychological perspective to investigate the psychological barriers of following advice to lose weight. Third, from a macro-sociological perspective to explore different factors that can affect Davidâs ability to change his perspective and lose weight. How to determine whether an...
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Abstract Past research has found that males estimate their own intelligence higher than females, and that in general, individuals estimate their fatherâs intelligence to be higher than their mothers. This study aimed to examine these gender differences in the perception of intelligence through a methodologically similar survey to Hoganâs (1978) study on IQ estimations, and found that females consistently estimate their IQ lower than males, and both males and females estimate their motherâs IQ lower than their father. This could...
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