The suicide of police officers is a growing problem in the United States, and it is a problem that is rarely discussed openly. The National Police Suicide Foundation states, "The numbers of deaths due to suicide are two to three times the number of line of duty deaths among law enforcement...

Noise is being considered as pollution many time ago. Now with the help of technology we can try to control it and also to avoid it. Legal restrictions and environmental policies are making this matter works and we are more conscious about the problem itself. Noise has been consistently ranked as ...

Because of the shift in population demographics and the aging babyboomers, increasing number of studies are being conducted on the sexuality of midlife and senior individuals. Many of the studies being researched show that men and women confront physical and psychological challenges in their 50s, su...

Suicide has been said to be a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It has been estimated for every successful suicide, there is between two hundred to three hundred people who will attempt it (Vannetta 1996). According to statistics provided by National Center for Health Statistics (2000) the...

Corporal Punishment Today Corporal Punishment is a major controversial issue. There are good arguments on both sides as well as studies to support each side. Corporal Punishment takes place in homes, churches, and schools. It can involve anything from a simple spanking to harsh beatings. From t...

Teenage and young-adult violence is a growing epidemic. With the spreading violence epidemic comes widespread depression. We are now seeing more and more depression in younger and younger people. We tend to classify angry, violent, and aggressive adolescents as troubled individuals. We try to...

Is there a direct relationship between children's developmental stages and maternal depression? Research suggests that children's development can be adversely affected by maternal depression. A depressed person has more negative cognitions than that of non-depressed counterparts. Depressed...

1 1. Depression is an illness with a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms. There are many symptoms of depression. One may suffer from a few but it is rare to have a feeling of all of the symptoms. The symptoms are: Feeling of helplessness and hopelessness, feeling useles...

Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic-depression, is a mood disorder recognized by its periods of mania and depression. These periods can last hours, days, weeks or months. Often, there are periods of wellness between these episodes where there are few to no symptoms present. People with bipolar di...

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HISTORY OF DEPRESSION: Depressive illness has been known since biblical times. The word depression comes from the Latin word deprimere (to press down). Thus it means feeling pressed down, sad or low. In the late Middle Ages, religious leaders believed depression was caused by posession of evil spiri...