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Comparing CBT and psychopharmacological treatments for childhood aggression

Aggressive behavior and adolescents poses a significant threat to public safety and the peaceful functioning of families within a community. Treatment of this problem is an important issue for the adolescents, their families, and the communities in which they live.

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The theory-practice gap in medical ethics and healthcare

Debates about theory and practice are ancient. Each generation considers the dynamics that surround issues about the interdependency of theory and praxis to be uniquely challenging. Complexity is a variable closely linked with knowledge.

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Schizophrenia: biological and environmental causes integrated

Schizophrenia is a family of severe psychotic disorders that affect the person, their family, and society as a whole. While the disorder has been described clinically for over a century, the cause of schizophrenia is not well understood.

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The importance of secure attachment in early childhood development

While there is a potential "preparedness" for the young child to develop a number of skills based on genetic influences (e.g., language acquisition), these skills will not fulfill their genetic potential without important environmental stimulation. While the nature vs.

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Anthropology as the foundational social science discipline

Anthropology is, according the American Anthropological Association, "the study of humans, past and present" (AAA, 2011).

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Levels of analysis in international relations theory

The field of international relations is based on many competing and complementary theories. These include realism, liberalism, constructivism, dependency theory, Marxism, etc. The theories are many; the field is expansive.

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Juvenile justice and accountability in the Alejandro Escanero murder case

The American system of justice is designed to ensure that criminal activity is punished and those responsible for crime are made to serve retribution for their choices.

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Personal learning from Soccio's survey of philosophy and wisdom

Soccio's Archetypes of Wisdom gives a relatively thorough survey of philosophy from ancient "wise men" like Socrates down to present-day university professors like Martha Nussbaum. It gives a sense of philosophy as not only applicable to serious questions in our daily life, but also.

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Authenticity and personhood in Boykin and Schoenhofer's nursing theory

Boykin and Schoenhofer in their theory of Nursing as Care. I first attempt to define the concepts according to the way that they are interpreted in the secondary literature.

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Personal reflection on secure attachment style and family influence

There are many attachment styles and they can often influence a person's life by affecting anything from the simplest decision to more complicated and even life changing choices.

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