What do you believe that could be done to decrease violence in society?

-Answer should be long please.

-Answer by keyboard not by handwriting please

Byron is a stressed adolescent from a dysfunctional family. His dad died when he was 13. They had been very close, so when his mom remarried about a year later, Byron had a hard time adjusting to the new home environment. His Mom who is considered to be loving suddenly changed upon the death of his Dad. She never shows care and sympathy to him for both of them are still grieving. Byron is so annoyed seeing his Mom cuddled by his stepdad. He was always sad and in argument with his Mom. Their communication became complicated until he found himself in a dark environment.

His stepdad talked about how much God loved him, but Byron didn't want to hear it... just like he didn't want to hear the teachers in the school assembly say “things get better; that suicide nor drugs is not the answer”. Byron had lived through the years of anger, pain, and emptiness looking for better. It didn't exist.

Byron separated himself from reality and from the people who loved him. "There were people in my life that cared about me," he said. "The way I wrote to them in my suicide letters was so deep. Why couldn't I go to them and say, 'I am about to kill myself. I need your help'? The world of drugs separated me from my relationship with them."

As he lay in bed that night, he felt tired. Tired of the pressure. Tired of the anger. Tired of the hurt. Tired of living. The death of his father was so traumatic to him.

He got out of bed and put on his best clothes. He wrote his will and good-bye letters to his family and friends. He was so angry at his father for dying early, he decided to kill himself over his father's grave. Byron sat in the cemetery with his friend's rifle under his chin. He tried to pull the trigger, but couldn't. He tried again and again. Completely frustrated with himself, he threw a bottle of liquor and say, “what am I doing?. Then he put the rifle under his chin and pulled the trigger again but didn’t work.

After sometime, he realized what his step-dad told him how much God loved him. He looked back at the graveyard with teary eyed and whisper, “Lord help me.”A day after, he came to you for counseling (as referred by his friend), related the whole story as written.

1. Make your own assessment discussing the possible disorder using DSM-4 or DSM-5.

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How were consumerism and taboo were used to express ones identity in the 1920's?

For an addiction agency that treats through group or individual settings. Interview at least two experienced social workers in your agency or another community agency. Ask about their level of job satisfaction, as well as their strategies of self-care. What do they think job satisfaction is related to? Self-care, job requirements, or something else? Ask them what stressors they deal with and what advice they may have for how you should deal with them: focus specifically on those stressors related to the field of social work. Were you surprised about what they said? Prepare a one- to two-page report that summarizes the interviews. Write an additional page on how you plan to integrate self-care while completing the program and your field placement, and then throughout your social work career. Also, address how you will deal with stress as a social worker. Your submission should be two to three pages in length.

To complete each assignment, you will need to read the case study. Assume that the client described in each case study meets criteria for a DSM-5 disorder. You will then consult the DSM-5 criteria and write 1-2 detailed paragraphs in which you assign a primary diagnosis for the client and justify that diagnosis. In this section you should reference EACH of the DSM-5 criteria for the diagnosis you are assigning and provide evidence from the case study for or against the presence of that criterion. If you have no information for a particular criterion you should specify this. For example, if the DSM-5 criteria specify that the symptoms cannot be accounted for by a medical condition and you have no evidence that the client has a medical condition that would explain their symptoms, you should state this. Next, write a paragraph in which you provide an example of at least one related diagnosis that you are ruling out based on the information you have. This is a process called “differential diagnosis.” As you know, the categories provided in the DSM-5 do not represent “true” categories in nature, and often clients will often have symptoms in multiple categories. As a clinician, you need to rule out other categories or explanations for the symptoms. For example, if someone is experiencing panic attacks in the wake of a traumatic event, you might consider the diagnoses of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, or Panic Disorder. The DSM-5 criteria will help you figure out which is the most appropriate diagnosis, and you should specify why you are ruling out another disorder, providing specific justification for ruling it out. The best disorders to rule out are those that share features or symptoms described in the case but are not the best diagnosis for the client. Finally, you will write one paragraph in which you may specify the use of a psychosocial treatment, a psychoactive medication, or both. You must briefly describe how this treatment works and you must justify your choice of treatment based on the research evidence for the efficacy of the treatment.

Case #4

Sharon is a 19-year-old, single, European American college student who was brought to the emergency room because she had been vomiting for the past 24 hours and had been unable to drink water or consume any food; she was treated for dehydration and released. The previous night she had gone out drinking at the local college bar, Barney’s. After about three hours of consuming an indeterminate amount of alcohol, she lost consciousness and was brought home to her apartment by her roommates. Sharon reports that this is the first time she has ever lost consciousness due to alcohol consumption. She typically drinks to intoxication only once or twice a week. On a typical “drinking” night she will drink 7-8 beers, shots, or other alcohol drinks. She reported that she does drink much more than when she first came to college, but she has built up a tolerance so she can now drink 7-8 drinks without becoming seriously impaired. Sharon also reported that occasionally she will drink at home, in her apartment. She stated that she drinks 1-2 drinks before bed to help herself get to sleep because she has had difficulty sleeping for the past two months. In addition, she sometimes has one drink in the morning to help her “deal with things.” When asked whether there were any significant life events associated with her increase in drinking, Sharon stated that she has been struggling for after she had a “bad breakup” with her boyfriend from high school eight weeks ago. Since the breakup she has felt very sad and lonely almost every day. She has not really felt motivated to be around people (she stated that she drinks in part to get up the “courage” to be around people) and she feels she has lost interest in most of her usual activities and school. The breakup also led her to feel worthless, she stated, “I feel like no one will ever love me again.” She stated that she may be drinking more to alleviate the sadness she feels about the breakup, but she feels she could stop drinking at any time if she needed to. She reported that she does not feel that her drinking affects her functioning significantly. She does sometimes skip classes on Fridays due to hangovers, and her relationships with her roommates have become tense because she will sometimes behave impulsively or need “taking care of” when she is drunk. Sharon expressed insight that her drinking is probably not helping her deal with the breakup in a healthy way, but that she is fine with her current level of alcohol intake because she feels she needs “something to help me get through this.” She admitted that since the breakup she has occasionally has passive thoughts of suicide but that she has no intention to act on those thoughts, and that drinking sometimes makes those thoughts “go away.”

For an addiction agency that treats through group or individual settings. Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following prompts: What critical thinking skills are needed for the leader committed to social justice to effectively communicate at all levels of practice? Which ethical competencies (from the Code of Ethics) are most closely related to the characteristics of an effective leader committed to social justice? What vision of the world do you have that if achieved by you and others during your professional careers, would allow you to consider yourself successful in your social work career? Do you envision yourself becoming a transformational leader? If so, how do you see yourself developing into that type of leader? What skills, knowledge, and abilities do you need to be a transformational leader? If not, why not?

1. What traits lead you to classify the Rastafarians as a subculture? (ANSWER NEED TO BE IN SOFT COPY ONLY)

2. What traits lead you to classify the Rastafarians as a counter-culture?

3 Would you classify the Rastafarians as a subculture or a counterculture? Why?

Discuss the concept of absurdity in Albert Camus’ philosophy.

Nature vs. Nurture Write A compare/contrast paper that looks at how our environment and our genes compete to create who we are. There are many speculations as to how nature and nurture affect the overall development of the child. This assignment will require for you to research material specific to nature and nurture and respond to what the material states, your beliefs, and not only to identifying their meaning, but to include a minimum of 4 examples for each. 6 to 8 paragraphs. or 2-3 pages

Identifie what “Nature” means in relationship to early childhood development and gave examples of what it would look like. give 4 examples

Identified what “Nurture” means in relationship to early childhood development and gave examples of what it would look like. Give 4 examples

Describe two healthy habits which were new or surprising to you. How might you incorporate them into your life?

2. What factors are most important in helping people to seek treatment and adhere to treatment protocols?

Do you see any connections between changing social norms and the larger, global issues that face us today?

evaluate the Industrial Revolution in terms of whether it had a more positive or negative impact on the lives of Americans

Why is health psychology a good career choice?

What training is necessary for it?

What resources or lifestyle changes will be required?

What steps can help reach this career goal?

This activity is based on your own opinion, not anything found in study books.

In the years to come of 2020, 2025 and 2030 what do you think will be the most important psychological findings. How will social, cultural and technological changes impact those experiments or findings.

This is for ethics.

PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU ARE NOT SURE.

I WILL THUMBS DOWN IF INCORRECT. ANSWERS MUST BE CORRECT. T/F QUESTIONS

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES.

. The crime control paradigm of policing is most consistent with utilitarianism

7. One of the key principles of Packers crime control model is that repression of criminal behavior is more important than procedural justice.

8. The crime control model is consistent with the role of police officers as public servants.