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Diverting mental health crisis from the criminal justice system

The criminalization of the mentally ill is one of law enforcement's greatest challenges and tragedies. As Stephey points out, prisons have become the de facto mental health provider in the United States.

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Language, identity, and power in Anzaldúa's Borderlands

Language defines identity, and creates boundaries between self and other. In Borderlands: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldua refers to the "broken" and "forked" tongues that represented the boundaries and intersections of social, cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender identities.

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One woman's experience with anorexia and early intervention

Participant's Experience: A Qualitative Research Reflecting How to Prevent Eating Disorders in Order to Support Current Patients

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Organizational politics and conflict in academic departments

The commentary of the article begins with the subject of the research in the article: Organizational Politics within Academic Departments. This subject is valid of research as it is a factor of which many students are unaware, yet are apart of and by which they are affected.

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The power and problem of Canadian feminist media

How does use of the media inform and propel the feminist movement in Canada? How is media used as part of the feminist agenda?

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Book illustration styles during the Pulp Era and Mid-Century periods

In the present moment, book illustrations can be a variety of types and styles, all of which have some historical basis in past illustrations. The period between 1929 and 1955 had two very different artistic styles in terms of aesthetic, subject matter, and technique.

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Greenberg and Kaprow on modernism and Jackson Pollock's legacy

The artist Jackson Pollock was renowned for using non-traditional methods to create very untraditional pieces of art. At the time that he was working and up to the modern historical moment, many people look at a piece by Pollock and do not see it as art.

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The relationship between depression severity and productivity levels

What is the effect of depression on productivity (professional and personal)? This question is derived both from observations of people with depression as well as a number of research studies indicating that depression leads to decreased productivity; however, initially the hypothesis that…

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Compatibilism as the resolution to the free will debate

Contemporary philosophical debates about free will can frequently resemble the old parable of the blind men and the elephant.

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Psychodynamic analysis of Barack Obama's identity development

President Barack Obama was the first African-American to be elected to the presidency. Obama was born in Hawaii to a Caucasian mother and a Kenyan father. Before Obama's birth, both were students at the University of Hawaii.

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