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Media depicted violence has been around for over a century now and has evolved from literature to comics to film and finally to video games, and each stage of progression has been met with societal backlash. In the past ten years however, the rise in mass shootings has caused many politicians to point a finger…

As a mother of two very different boys, my ideas of how the world works and how it should work is probably different than most parents. I have one son who can play a video game and go about a normal life, and another who seems hopelessly addicted and will lie and cheat to get…

Video games provide a way for gamers to immerse themselves in a digital world which can provide many benefits, some of these benefits help the whole world and some primarily help the gamers who use the games. Despite contrary belief, video games actually decrease violence and without video games, violence would increase in the real…

Teaching Us to Fear presents the argument in defense of video games and disprove the myth of video games leading to real-world violence. The authors analyze how moral panics have affected scientific research on video games. The thesis is that video games do not have connection to real-world violence, but that people use it as…

In the principal’s office at Standard Middle School, my chest contracted, my heart raced, my body shook, and my mind raged with endless possibilities. The fear of the unknown, the fear of failure, and the fear of the possibility of me being in trouble all contributed to having my very first anxiety attack. Anxiety can…

Adolescence can be summed up as a time of growth, excitement, experimentation, opportunities, and vulnerabilities. This is the one age group that are leaving their immature childhood ways and ideas and coming into adulthood by making their own decisions, being more aware of things in society, becoming more independent, and being more attentive to their…

According to Bech, ‘Hamilton developed, The Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) and the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D). The scales have been in existence for over 50 years (Bech, 2009). His main focus was to identify symptoms of the client’s behaviors. (Bech, 2009). This paper will review the experience of taking the Hamilton Anxiety Scale assessment. Secondly,…

Anxiety is a mental condition of varying types, causes, and effects. Having many different forms, it can be beneficial or problematic depending on its intensity. While it is normal to experience small anxiety, unusually intense feelings of anxiety are classified as disorders and can have harmful effects on one’s mind and physical being; for this…

Following the month-long period of conventional warfare in Iraq that led to Saddam Hussein’s regime collapse, the United States (U.S.) government sanctioned certain actions to find and destroy any of the country’s supposed cache of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) (Das and Malveaux 2005). These actions included a mandated U.S.-led occupation of Iraqi prisons that…

Shira and Yoav Potash’s Food Stamped (2010) is an informative, but sliver of insight on the realities of what individuals who are on the SNAP program face. The nutritionist and her husband set out to see if they could live a week on an average food stamp budget and also incorporate many individuals from the…