Women who have had abortions suffer an increased risk of anxiety‚ depression‚ and suicide. A study published in a recent edition of the Journal of Anxiety Disorders found that women who aborted their unintended pregnancies were 30 percent more likely to subsequently report all the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder than those women who had carried their unintended pregnancies to term. A study of a state-funded medical insurance program in California published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
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Carl Millward MLLCAR030 PSY1004F Child Relocation Essay Steve Harding Group 17 The topic of this essay is essentially the relocation of children after divorce and whether it is in the best interest of the child or children’s psychological development. I will be start with who decides which parent should gain custody‚ what should be taken into consideration‚ who the child is more likely to be attached with. Subsequently‚ I will view why I solemnly believe that relocation should
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I’m not sure that I can pick a type of harm that is more detrimental than another‚ because there are so many factors to consider. If the physical harm suffered will ultimately change the livelihood of the victim‚ I may consider the physical harm to be the most detrimental. Physical harm seen as the most severe can manifest through psychological and emotional effects‚ and lead to a variety of mental illnesses. Psychological and emotional harm is very difficult to deal with and was my initial thought
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The Ugliness in Beauty “You’re ugly” “She’s ugly” “I’m ugly” The word ugly perforates through the air upon reading those phrases. Hearing the word ugly feeds into insecurities since it is often connected to self worth. Whether it leaves one thinking “am I ugly?” “I have hair like hers‚ does that make me ugly?” Officially‚ Merriam Webster defines it as :unpleasant to look at/hear‚ not pretty or attractive‚ and offensive or disgusting‚ It is meaningful to define such a negative word because familiarity
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Harm Reduction paper Randy Jones Substance Abuse Counselling January 18‚ 2012 This paper will discuss the principles and position of harm reduction. It will also examine the public perception of the user‚ which has created an ineffective philosophy. Most importantly‚ my paper seeks to recognize the harm of harm reduction. This discussion will highlight the lack of hope it creates in the user. Harm reduction needs to be addressed so that a long-term solution for the user can be implemented‚ not
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to Suicide and Harm Suicide under circumstances of extreme suffering is the morally right action as opposed to the alternative‚ living in pain. J.S. Mill’s Utilitarian ideals provide strong reasoning to support suicide in instances of severe pain‚ while Kant’s moral theory of the categorical imperative provides reasoning against taking one’s own life. Mill’s principle of utility is the maximization of pleasure and the reduction of pain. Mill regards happiness as the greatest good in life and all
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Do women talk more than men? “Women talk almost three times as much as men‚ with the average woman chalking up 20‚000 words in a day - 13‚000 more than the average man.” (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-419040/Women-talk-times-men-says-study.html) My boyfriend always tells me that I talk too much‚ and that I talk more than him. This topic got me curios‚ so I decided to find out the truth. Do women really talk more than men? I will base this essay on facts taken from internet
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Why do people commit crime? The reasons vary from social and those as a result of the economic conditions that an individual is going through. Certain people also have got psychological issues that prompt them to do such things. The genetic make up of people could also make them desire to commit certain types of crimes‚ (Pavao‚ 1998). Children not well looked after in terms of parental care have a higher chance of committing a crime in their early years. In the same way children who are assaulted
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paradox of missing harm‚ and the paradox of failure. According to Davis‚ the paradox of burden perceives the whistle-blower as a good Samaritans because they take on substantial risk in their career‚ financial securities‚ and personal relation. The standard theory does not provide sufficient condition to justify such risk. Second‚ the paradox of missing harm argues that the whistleblower is reported damage after the fact‚ and they often act in the condition that they can prevent harm. Finally‚ the paradox
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Product-Harm Crises Anthony Aiello Walden University Abstract In recent years‚ much has been written on the subject of product-harm crises. Reactions to product-harm crises have included a wide range of discussion‚ scholarly study‚ legal proceedings‚ protests‚ and government intervention. In this paper‚ I discuss the relationship between product-harm crises and the corresponding effect on the company and its brand. In particular‚ I cite two specific product-harm crises - Johnson & Johnson’s
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