Harm reduction

Rain Man In the movie Rain Man that was released in 1988 is about a character named Charlie Babbitt and his understanding of his brother Raymond Babbitt who suffers from autism. Autism is profound impairment of social interaction and communication and severely restricted interests and activities, usually apparent by the age of 3. A few of Raymond’s qualities, that at first upset his brother when they met, was his lack of eye contact and lack of facial expressions which is classified as normal

Self-harm, self-injury, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are all terms that describe the act of intentional infliction of tissue damage or pain to oneself without the intent of dying by suicide (Briere & Gill, 1998; Andover et al., 2005; Nock & Favazza, 2009; Klonsky, 2011; Young & Stark, 2011; Makowska et al., 2016). The cases of self-injury has doubled over the past ten years in adolescents (Makowska et al., 2016). Self-injury is experienced by 4% of the general population, however, self-harm

From the outside looking in, depression can be deemed by others as a person merely being lazy, but it is far more problematic than that for the ones coping with the illness. There are many aspects of this disease that effect the person suffering and the people around them. Everyone has periods of sadness, but true depression can cause a spiral that feels almost impossible to control. To understand depression, first you must understand what depression is. According to The National Institute for Mental

S-Town, as southern gothic literature, started as more of a life story and ended in a lesson learned. As a contemporary piece, we learn that not everybody is as okay as they may seem to be. Depression and southern gothic relate in more ways than you think. Stown is a contemporary piece of southern gothic literature because of its use of irony, outsiders, and decay. In the beginning, we learn that John wants to solve a murder with the help of Brian Reed. But little did Brian know,

Self-defense is the use of reasonable force in order to protect ourselves or our members of family from bodily harm from being attack of the attacker, if the defendant has his/her own logical reasoning to consider that he/she is in danger situation. According to law, self-defense is defined as a natural defense by a person who was implicated with assault, battery or homicide. The forces used for self-defense that is sufficient for protection from real danger (not just an empty verbal threats) or

Research shows people engage in self-harm behind closed doors more often than one would imagine. Janis Whitlock a phd and psychologist, discovered in her research for the Cornell Research Program On Self-injury and Recovery, that self-inflicted harm is in fact, common. The article titled, “Who Self Injures?”, make that case prevalent that self-harm is common by drawing on the research of Whitlock and several other researchers’ findings and statistics on the subject. This article defines the type

situation. Self-harm is not necessarily a serious mental illness, but a behavior that indicates a lack of coping skills. There are several illnesses that are associated with it such as: borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders, anxiety or posttraumatic distress disorder. In recent years, Self-injury as become more common. Approximately two million cases are reported annually in the United States (Gluck 1). Hospitalizations among youngs for intentional self-harm

Many of these ideations of self-harm can also start early in an adolescents life around the ages of 13 to 15. This use of non-suicidal self- injury can be related to a number of different reasons, which can either be internal or external problems that a person is having at a given time. To cope with these struggles, the person inflicts pain on themselves through a variety of different techniques in order to give them temporary relief

Depression from a Christian Perspective The recent death of Robin Williams has thrown depression and suicide into the national spotlight. He seemed to have it all. He was loved by many, he was successful, he had a loving family. In spite of this, he took his own life. Here are some quick statistics about depression. http://www.healthline.com/health/depression/statistics-infographic Women tend to be more susceptible to depression. Sixty to eighty percent of depression cases can be treated

A family member could suffer from depression and I decide to study depression and suicide. When a family member aches from depression, your console and cheer can play a vital part in his or her recovery. Nevertheless, depression can break you down if you neglect your own wants. Depression is a serious but curable illness that disturbs a lot of individuals, from young to old people and all humans being. It becomes the part of everyday life, triggering massive pain, hurting not just individuals who