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Animal-assisted therapy as evidence-based addiction treatment

Evidence-Based Programs and Practices Part 1: Define and Refine Evidence-Based Theories Evidence-based programs are defined as a prevention or treatment practice, that is based on consistent scientific evidence providing proof that the practice improves client/patient outcomes.

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Peer-facilitated community interventions for adolescent mental health

Adolescent choices can determine outcomes that emerge later in life. Setting aside congenital conditions that adversely affect adolescent physical or mental health, adolescents and young adults also face risks related to lifestyle choices.

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Integrating strain, control, and learning theories in criminology

The key assumptions underlying strain, control, and learning theories of criminal behavior are similar, which is why they are sometimes integrated or at least interrelated in criminological discourse.

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Traumatic stress and mental health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Article Review 1: COVID-19 Source: Horesh, D., & Brown, A. D. (2020). Traumatic stress in the age of COVID-19: A call to close critical gaps and adapt to new realities. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(4), 331-335.

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Psychological and behavioral factors in transgender transitions

Transgender- The Behaviors and Acts Leading up to a Transition Introduction Transgender, as a terminology, alludes to individuals whose sense of their gender is different from what would be anticipated based on the sex individualities that they are naturally born with.

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Medication errors in nursing: causes, classification, and prevention

Introduction The saying, to err is human, means humans are prone to error. While health professionals are trained to be precise, careful, and to follow regulations and codes of conduct, they can still make mistakes.

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IBM's HR strategy and the matching approach to strategic HRM

Specific HR Strategy Summary Human resource management (HRM) is an integral part of organizational operations with greater impacts on financial performance. Modern HR strategies and practices have evolved to incorporate strategic HRM.

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Kaltiala-Heino et al.'s examination of adolescent gender dysphoria and psychiatric comorbidity

Review of a Peer-Reviewed Article The article by Kaltiala-Heino, Bergman, Tyolajarvi and Frisen (2018) examines the literature available on gender dysphoria (GD) and the need to better understand the phenomenon of adolescents seeking hormonal treatment as teens while having psychiatric comorbidity.

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Erikson's identity versus role confusion theory and adolescent character development

Topic for Research According to Erikson’s stages of development, the period of adolescence is when teens experience the Identity vs. Role Confusion conflict. Unless they are able to solve this conflict, they cannot proceed on to the next stage of development in a meaningful and positive way.

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Barriers to male mental health treatment and gender differences in self-esteem

What are the barriers that keep men from seeking counseling or therapy? What can break those barriers? One of the barriers that keeps men from seeking counseling is masculinity itself.

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