American Psychological Association

Johnny Cade is a 16-year-old boy who lives in the neighborhood of Meadowbrook, with his mom and dad. Johnny’s parents are abusive, and he takes his parents’ abuse to him personally. On top of that, he doesn't quite get enough to eat, and he often sleeps outdoors. According to Ponyboy Curtis, one of his close friends, he says he “looks like a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers”. To make things even worse, Johnny was brutally beaten by the…

Without support making the wrong decision is easy. This is an idea that is illuminated in both Stephen King’s Carrie and the La Loche Shooting. Carrie is a novel about a high school girl, Carrie, who is the target at school by her teachers and peers, but also the target at home by her ultra-religious mother, Margaret. The La Loche Shooting is a school shooting that occurred on January. 23rd, 2016 in a Community School, where four teachers and classmates were killed by a troubled high school boy.…

Make sure a psychologist who specialises in personality disorders is involved from the start. The children must trust this person enough to tell them about everything that happens at the narcissistic parent’s house. Do not think that you are protecting the children be telling them that this parent loves them and means well. In the long run, this will do a lot of damage, as they will then believe they are deserving of such abuse. The psychologist must train them to see the patterns of abuse, and…

Power can be physical, political, or social which influences people positively and negatively. In the story,”Priscilla and the Wimps,” by Richard Peck, there is a school that was controlled by Monk Klutter and his gang, Klutter’s Kobras. The Kobras are bullies who go around the school and hurt students who don’t obey their orders. Unfortunately, there is a girl named Priscilla who was able to stop the Kobras when they tried to bully her small friend, Melvin. The most powerful character, in this…

media we’ve looked at in class we can see the effects of PTSD and how it works. Sebastian Junger spoke at a Ted Talk about this condition and what it is and the many way it affects the suffering veteran. Midnight Clear, a movie about World War II and american soldiers fighting in the war. A scene of the movie shows the soldiers efforts to bring their friend “Mother” home and out of the war because he is suffering from PTSD. More is learned about this through PTSD handouts that tell everything…

The easiest solution for parents who can’t care for their child would be to choose adoption. However; when this doesn’t happen and the child gets taken from the parents, the child will end up in some sort of state care. This can range from an orphanage, group home, or foster care. For a child to go through any of these homes is often times challenging, and can even be traumatic for several reasons. There have been thousands of reports of children being abused in foster care or group homes.…

Another major cause of violence is psychological abuse which refers to emotional and mental abuse. This type of violence forces the victim to be a dangerous abuser and it happens frequently in situations of power imbalance. Also, the victims of this type of violence typically develop different symptoms such as: anxiety, chronic depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychological abuse is the most difficult type of abuse because it can cause more emotional pain than physical abuse and…

How to File Successful Whiplash Claims Whiplash is a term that most people have heard from time to time. It is a term that is often associated with an accident where vehicles are involved. Though many have heard the term, they may not be aware of what whiplash actually is. Whiplash is an injury that is caused when an individual’s head or neck is jerked quickly in a forward or backward motion. This jerking motion can result in a stretched or torn muscle or tendon in the neck. The result is damage…

PTSD is one of the most horrific disorders known to man. PTSD is a mental disorder that affects people that have been through a traumatic experience in their lives. It is very common with veterans. Around 30% of all veterans that have been exposed to combat will suffer from PTSD. Since the government is so willing to send soldiers to war, they should also be willing to take care of the ones that get PTSD. The normal suicide rate for males in the United States is 19.4 per 100,000. For veterans,…

weapons are involved and there is a higher danger element as well as the public crime rate are all environmental factors. Internally, administrative workings, police organization, and normal behaviors all can have adverse effects on an officer's decision also. Two shooting types are identified, "non-elective and elective." (White, 1999) "Non-elective shootings are seen as an officer using deadly force to protect against threat of immediate serious injury or death. As the amount of danger facing…