Child and adolescent psychiatry

The Pseudoscience of Conversion Therapy RaeLynn Barott Minnesota State University, Mankato The Pseudoscience of Conversion Therapy Conversion Therapy, or Reparative Therapy, includes therapeutic efforts to change an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression (Jadwin-Cakmak, 2015). These therapeutic efforts are intended to stop an individual from being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) based on the premise that being LGBT is a psychological…

Barbara Tuchman argues that advertising in America is flooding our minds with pictures of perfection and goals of happiness that are seemingly easy to attain. Advertising is in the air Americans breathe and for those who feed on little else, advertisements leave a certain fuzziness of perception. As we absorb the unattainable images of perfection and happiness, it leaves us with a false impression and misleading picture of reality. The consequences of advertising in American can be damaging to…

Introduction The American Psychiatric Association conducted this study with the assistance of the American Academy of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry to examine the top ten common substances of abuse. These types of substances include alcohol, cocaine, ecstasy, hallucinogens, heroin, inhalants, marijuana, steroids, and tobacco. This study shows how high school students that are contemplating and attempting suicide is related to drug and alcohol usage. There have been previous studies that have…

available to children who disclose. Disclosure is the discovery of abuse that was bothering a child. There are many support that are available for children. This support will help the child to over come the past and to start again new in life. There are many different supports available for young people and children who disclose abuse. Support include: counselling, therapy, confidential help line etc. When a child discloses abuse they can be referred to a counsellor. A counsellor is someone…

Shy or unconfident youths may open up to others. Games require working with others to complete tasks to move to the next level. It is inevitable that a child will have to socialize with fellow peers while discussing the games to problem solve a gaming situation. Also, video games can be played with dozens of people throughout the world on the web for a different type of social interaction. Approaching individuals…

Aacap.org, "Obesity In Children And Teens." Aacap.Org, Apr. 2016, https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/FFF-Guide/Obesity-In-Children-And-Teens-079.aspx This source is a product of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It gives general information about obesity like, what causes obesity, what obesity means, how it can be managed and its prevalence (Aacap.org). This source compares to the rest but offers extensive information. The source provides a…

them right from wrong. We need to limit our children’s mass media intake and make sure that they know that what they see is not real. Parents need to realize that the problem just will not go away; the numbers are stack against the average American child. Parents should know that the influence of media on children who watch television, movies, music, video games, and the Internet arises not only from the types of behavior they encourage, but also from the other interests they supplant. Parents…

Many have attempted to draw links between gaming and school shootings, but lack sufficient evidence and may be biased in their research. In “Exposure to Violent Video Games and Aggression in German Adolescents: A Longitudinal Analysis,” Ingrid Möller and Barbara Krahé state, “Perceivers who believe that aggression is normative… are likely to be more inclined to believe that the particular person whose behavior they are asked to assess was driven by aggressive…

After my experience with playing Grand Theft Auto, I could not believe the amount of younger kids that play the game. When I say younger kids I don’t mean seventeen and below, I am talking around twelve and below. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry wrote an article on younger kids playing violent video games called “Video Games and Children,” in this article they had an interesting statement, “Studies of children exposed to violent media have shown that they may become numb to…

It’s a warm summer day and the birds are chirping. You should be getting ready to enjoy the day, but you can’t bring yourself to crawl out of bed. All you want to do is lay in bed all day and not move. Getting up just seems physically impossible. Depression is a common disorder that many people of all ages have. Depression is a mood disorder that affects your whole outlook on life. It changes the way someone feels, thinks, and how they tackle the day. A few symptoms are feeling empty,…