Self-harm is considered a major public health issue at present (Mental Health Foundation‚ 2006. Cleaver‚ 2007). The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) describes self-harm as ‘self-poisoning or self-injury‚ irrespective of the apparent purpose of the act’ (2004:16). The incidence of self-harm in young people appears to be increasing and there is a strong link between self-harm and increased risk of completed suicide (Cleaver‚ 2007). McDougall and Brophy (2006) produced a summary
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Lives 14 Module 5 What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with self-harm or eating disorders?” “What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with self-harm or eating disorders?” Self-harm can be said to be the act of self-inflicting physical attacks on the body (Gardner‚ 2001). In self-harming‚ the client aims to deliberately‚ and usually habitually harm their body but not to destroy or kill it. Levitt et al (2004) also says that the act of
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Is Technology Doing More Harm Than Good? The first significant advancement in technology was the invention of fire around 1 million years ago‚ this enabled humans to cook food‚ and create other items such as spears and utensils. Technology now has improved sharply‚ and with Tvs‚ MP3s‚ Computers etc our way of life has changed. With the introduction of Mp3s‚ Tvs and computers‚ life for humans have become easier but also lazier. Obesity in children is at peak levels in Australia‚ United States
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mutilation at the hands of bandits. My thoughts of those refugees were interrupted as President Reagan ’s helicopter convoy beat through the air over our virtual parking lot‚ enroute from Pt. Magu Naval Air Station north to the ranch ’ above Santa Barbara. As we both sat and watched‚ I wondered if my freeway neighbor ’ shared my sense of how technology shapes our lives" (Mannoia‚ 1997; p. Techpap). It was only 50 years ago that we began to have wonderful labor-saving devices to help accomplish all the
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John Stuart Mill’s explanation of the harm principle is not as useful as once believed. Although the harm principle does in fact have some logic‚ it fails to set clear and concise borders regarding what denotes allowable hate speech. The harm principle essentially states that all speech‚ including hate speech‚ should be allowed. However‚ speech that causes a definable harm must be censored. For example‚ merely offensive speech is allowed; however‚ the context of the offensive speech in question is
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Mill‚ the concept of the Harm Principle is explained clearly as‚ “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community‚ against his will‚ is to prevent harm to others.” The concept is essentially that an individual should not have their liberties restricted unless those liberties cause harm to others. If an individual’s action only affects themselves then there is nothing that society or the state should do to prevent that action. The concept places so
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Hasheem Haley 12/01/2008 Ethics 27 Do Mexican immigrants bring more harm than good to the U.S economy? After studying about what Mexican American immigrants mean to the United States Economy‚ I would have to conclude by saying they do not bring more harm than good to our economy. I arrived at this conclusion because I believe Mexican immigrants actually stabilized the economy and help those who can’t afford to pay very high wages to sustain their employees. The theories about how Mexican immigrants
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cigarettes thinks it is okay to do so when they are by themselves that would be allowed because they are only harming themselves. However‚ if this person is smoking their cigarettes around others who do not smoke‚ resulting in them inhaling second hand smoke that person is allowed to be stopped. Requesting that person to refrain from smoking would be in compliance with the harm principle that John Stuart Mill abided by. a second party‚ or me because they are causing those people harm. John Stuart Mill believed
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minds. Did Napoleon go too far? Did he do more harm than good to Revolutionary France? After all his success in his military campaigns‚ did he satisfy the need of the people in France and their ideal towards the French Revolution? This is one of the main discussions we had in class and now that we are studying Napoleon and the French Revolution we will base our thought on our research. In this essay‚ I will discuss my opinion on whether Napoleon did more harm than good to Revolutionary France and
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Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education Action research REASONS in DOING ACTION RESEARCH Action research deals with your problem‚ not someone else. Second action research is very timely – it can start now - or whenever you’re ready – and provides immediate results. Third‚ action research provides educators with opportunities to better understand and therefore improve their educational practices. Fourth‚ as a process‚ action research can also promote the building of stronger
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