These factors and more can have devastating consequences on the children whose parents do not believe them. I interviewed Stephanie Brooks, a 19 year old who suffers from depression and so does her mother. Her family were actually refugees that fled from Guatemala during some of the worst years of the Civil War that was plaguing the country; she is a first generation Guatemalan born here in the United States. Brooks has been suffering from depression since the age of 11 years old; she did not communicate this with her parents for many years to come. This was because of her father and family’s reaction towards finding out about her mother’s depression.
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1. What rationale do the author(s) give for conducting the study? The author that is conducting this research is testing the obedience of a subject when dealing with “stocking a victim” by use of a shock generator. There are thirty levels of shock that are generated varying from a slight shock to a severe shock.
Research Question: Are Hispanics more likely to ignore their depressive disorders in contrast to other societies? Review of Literature: Depression among cultures and ethnicities can differ not only on its triggers but also on its treatment preferences. The purpose of this project is to observe the correlation between Hispanics and the possible lack of education regarding depressive disorders and their treatment options. It is difficult to research and classify all Latinos since many groups exist even within the same nation. For this reason, we will organize our research in different groups, in this case we will only be pursuing information on Mexican immigrants residing in the US.
I. Depression among cultures and ethnicities can differ not only on its triggers but also on its treatment preferences; several factors are being analyzed to compare how this mental disorder is affecting Hispanic communities, particularly those of Mexican origin, in the US. A. Key Points 1. Lack of education regarding depressive disorders and their treatment options. 2.
Context. Postnatal depression is one of the most frequent difficulties viewed as behavioral issues and mental sickness/problems in women about four to six weeks after giving birth. It’s a major public health issue given its prevalence and impact not only on mothers and babies but also to their households as well. However, untreated postnatal depression is well-known to suffer adverse results such as unfavorable parenting practices and impaired mother-baby bonding, which in return is known to affect rationale and emotional growth of the baby. The gravest, of course, is maternal suicide and infanticide.
Primary problem is that significant mental problems are anticipated for East Asian American immigrant children, who are delicate to external changes, who are not completely developed physically and cognitively, and who have not had many adventurous experiences such as moving to a new country. Second, there are significant cultural gaps between home society of East Asian American immigrant children and the native societies that are newly receiving the East Asian American immigrant children. In this point, I am focusing on East Asian American immigrant children population, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, their mental health problem, and provide intervention program that are helpful to them. Therefore, my research question is as following: Does a culturally modified cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) intervention at school-based setting help East Asian American immigrant children with depressive mental symptoms effectively acculturate to life in the Unites
Due to the fact that poor childhood environments lead to increased risk of disease and death in adults, the study “Childhood abuse, parental warmth, and adult multisystem biological risk in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study” studied how increased stress in childhood, caused by many factors, can affect the health of adults across the bodies many regulatory systems (Carroll et al., 2013). The study that was conducted compared reports of childhood abuse to a comprehensive 18-biomarker measure of multisystem risk; to determine childhood stress levels they used the Risky Families Questionnaire (Carroll et al., 2013). The study also compared whether the presence of a loving parental figure or not influenced risky health in adulthood (Carroll et al., 2013).
Contrasting Lebanon and Yemen with Iran, Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, the former’s revolutionary processes differ from the latter because of their religious divisions. Lebanon is a country with many divisions, and those sects have inter-sects, which makes it extremely difficult to organize a unified force. Due to this, it is nearly impossible to organize a movement that is strong enough to overthrow the government. Yemen is faced with a Zaydi Shiite rebel group against the Sunni government, resulting in a proxy war between Saudia Arabia and Iran. This shows how external actors can aid insurgents in removing the new government that Arab Spring supporters thought was once successful.
Good social and emotional support has been positively correlated with mental health outcomes.28Though many women are subject to various forms of sexual and non-sexual violence as children, their effects can be long term and can manifest during any age of life especially when there is increased vulnerability such as in midlife. Child hood violence or trauma can show its psychological effects such as low self-esteem, physical ill health and depression in any age group.29The spectrum of manifestations of this trauma can crop up in any form, from merely bullying someone, or being assaultive or being sexually abusive. Some of them suffer from psychiatric illnesses never noticed by their parents or teachers.30The UN declaration of Elimination of Violence against Women rounds it up as any act of gender-based violence That results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, or Psychological harm or suffering. 31 Psychobiological research has lent a better understanding of the toxic effects of stress faced by victims of sexual abuse. The trauma of sexual abuse can have impact on braindevelopment and persistent exposure to severe stress often faced by women, have shown to be related to a decrease in cortical volume and heightened fear responses due to sensitization of the neural pathway.32Economic status is a
Individuals within society are influenced by the socio-economic factors of the society which they inhabit. This essay will discuss Sociological imagination which was first mentioned by author C.W. Mills who wrote a book with the same title. The personal problem that will be discussed is childhood trauma, because it is broad this essay will focus more on depression and how it effects society on a larger scale. Lastly this essay will then show the advantages of using Social Imagination in our everyday life’s and how we can use it to the benefit of society on a wider scale. Social Imagination is the concept of being able to differentiate a personal problem from a problem that is affecting a wider society on a much larger scale.
After the 9/11 attacks Muslims have faced incredibly difficult barriers including being victims of bullying, proactive aggression, egocentric peers, and also struggling with internalizing tendencies and biracial identity. Depression, anxiety, and even post-traumatic stress disorder has been found among a population some call doubted traumatized (Clay, 2011). Although, they have found some strong coping methods that help aid them in how well they handle ongoing discrimination and harassment (Clay, 2011). According to the former editor in chief of the Journal of Muslim Mental Health, prior to 9/11 there was virtually nothing published that related to the mental health of Muslim Americans’ well-being, so determining the impact on Muslims in the
Depression being one of the largely common ones. This is also associated once more with discrimination and stereotypes. In a study conducted by the department of Psychology of the New York University on how culture affects immigrant population, it could be seen how identifying with one's own ethnic group relates to the state of their mental
One model that is used in this article was the family stress which states that economic hardship has a high level of stress (Conger & Donnellan, 2007). In that model, family stress had less nurturing and parental involvement. There were other factors such as depression marital conflict, anxiety, anger and alienation. Variables, potential mediators and control variables. 1.
First of all, I need to clarify that there is no dominant method of comparison between countries. Every method has its own advantages and disadvantages involving the level of abstraction, the scope of covering, etc. (Landman & Carvalho, 2016).In the early days, Lijphart (1971) called comparing many countries when using quantitative analysis, the ‘statistical’ method and on the other hand, when comparing few countries with the use of qualitative analysis the ‘comparative’ method. But nowadays, comparative studies are conducted to compare similarities and differences across countries and within countries.
