In times of tragic events, we often come together as one to be there for each other. On March 24, 2018 millions of people, celebrities, and students from around the world came to march to the White House to get their voice heard about enforcing stricter gun control due to numerous mass shootings, including the Parkland shooting on February 14, 2018 at Stoneman Douglas High School. However, in the book “ Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging” , Well known filmmaker and author Sebastian Junger indicates that in our culture there is a sense of solidarity that's lossed when the veterans return home from war. In the book, Junger uses data, personal experiences, and historical background. By using these rhetorical devices, Junger’s purpose is to bring awareness to the needs of American soldiers.

Within chapter one, Junger begins to indicate data by providing statistical information. For example, Junger says, “ Financial Independence can lead to isolation, and isolation can put people at a greatly increased risk of depression and suicide” ( 21). Junger explains that because there is no sense of solidarity, the soldiers who come home are left to do things on their own with no assistance.

As shown above, Junger provides clear data but he also uses personal experiences. In the introduction, he says, “ What I wanted wasn’t destruction and mayhem but the opposite: solidarity” ( xiv, 14). Junger wants the readers to know the connection between him and the thesis because they both feel the same way like they are alone.

In chapter two, Junger uses data of statistical information regarding the deaths of people and soldiers during war. Junger states, “ Irish psychologist named H.A. Lyons found that suicide rates in Belfast dropped 50 percent during the riots of 1969 and 1970, and homicide and other violent crimes also went down”(48). What Junger is saying is that since their is a sense of solidarity there because they are fighting together as one, they don't commit suicides and etc.

In addition, towards the end of he book, Junger uses personal experience again . He says,” As soon as relief flights began delivering aid to the area, class division returned and the sense of brotherhood disappeared” ( Junger 55). This goes to show Junger’s purpose how the sense of unity goes away quickly.

Throughout chapter three, he uses data to calculate the rate of veterans that have been diagnosed with PTSD. In the middle of chapter three, Junger states, “ The much- discussed estimate of twenty-two vets a day committing suicide in the United States is deceptive..”( 83). Junger reconnets to the thesis of how they feel alone and dont feel unity.

As a matter of fact, he uses personal experience again. In the book, he says, “ Our fundamental desire, as human beings, is to be close to others, and our society does not allow for that”( Junger 94). Junger connects his experience to his purpose by stating how it is a need to be with others to feel unity. 

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The specialty track I selected is Family nurse practitioner (FNP). Depression or significant burdensome confusion (MDD) is an ailment that can confine the individual's capacity to play out their day by day exercises, for example, dozing, eating, and taking care of school or work duties (Kodal et al., 2018). My theory of decision for this strength track is Rogers' Person-Centered theory. Rogers' patient-fixated theory centers around the patient as a person. The theory features that everyone has the ability or necessities to meet their maximum capacity with an accentuation on self-comprehension (McEwen & Willis, 2014). Rogers' theory urges the nurses to treat every patient like a person. For a patient to achieve a point of self-realization, they require a course of treatment individualized to their needs. Individuals' discernments are as often as possible mutilated when they are troubled. Mental disorders contrarily influence the personal satisfaction of a person and his or her family.

The issue or concern related to depression in adolescent is misdiagnosed or undetected. In youthful sadness is misdiagnosed or isn't distinguished because of state of mind changes which are normal in this age gathering. Along these lines, the human services supplier should consider signs and manifestations. If the indications are perceived early, the way of life of youngsters can be changed and suicide can be counteracted (Moreh, & O'Lawrence, 2017). By including the patient in basic decision making, it will build up a feeling of self-governance, holding fast to the drug and longer enduring of the treatment. It is the patient's choice with respect to including guardian in the treatment procedure. Medical caretakers ought to likewise be mindful of social angles and inclinations of aromatherapy-based treatment (Meghani et al., 2017). Joining of complimentary modalities enables the FNP to frame an individualized arrangement for torment control yet in addition enables the patient to investigate their own reaction to torment.

This self-investigation not just urges to the patient to achieve a point of self-completion, yet in addition, enables the patient to investigate different modalities of torment control without instantly turned to added substance drugs. Depression in young people is a general wellbeing concern and requires prompt consideration. The instances of morbidity and mortality identified with sadness are mounting, which is identified in society (Kroning & Kroning, 2016). Roger’s theory can be useful for mental problems such as depression and anxiety when patient is listened and considered center of treatment. The medical caregiver and patient must work cooperatively to set up modalities to control torment. Studies have discovered that essential oil-based treatment had positive effects on depression and anxiety disorders

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Depression is feelings of sad, and self-doubt. More than 16 million people suffer from depression in the United States alone. Depression makes you feel very sad and nothing really makes you happy. If affects all kinds of people, men, women, teenagers and some kids, it is mainly prevalent in women. In some cases there are longer cases of depression and lasts around two years, it affects 3.3 million Americans.

My first main point is the symptoms of depression, if you have depression you might feel sleepy all the time or fatigued a lot, you may also feel a lack of concentration and also may have thoughts of suicide. If you feel sleepy or are fatigued a lot it doesn’t mean you have depression, it might just mean you are not getting enough sleep or if you are fatigued you might just be out of shape. If you have thoughts of suicide you should find someone who is close to you and tell them that you are feeling sad and talk to them about your feelings.

My second point is what depression is like, if you have depression then you will think that you have no hope of getting out of the sad state you are in, but there is hope because you can get through it. You might also have anxiety because it will give you feelings of panic, danger or dread. It can also make you breathe harder and increase your heart rate, it can also make you sweat hard because you are nervous.

My third point is different types of depression and what causes it. The most common type of depression is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), it have the effects of a depressed mood, changes in weight and sleep. Another common type of depression is Persistent Depressive Disorder. It can last for over two years and has the same symptoms of MDD but just last a lot longer. Not many people seek help and that is why I think the suicide rate is going up.

My final point is how to get help if you feel depressed or ways to help get out of depression. If you are feeling depressed then you should find some help, some people that will help are the people close to you because they know you the best. Some ways to get out of a depression is get exercise because that will get you out of your comfort zone and help you interact with people and get you mind off of things for a bit, it will possibly make you a happier person also.

In conclusion, those are my four points of depression and also how to get help if you are suffering with depression. Depression is a serious thing and should be taking seriously because it is affecting millions of Americans and other people worldwide.

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The libertarian notion of freedom is grounded in self ownership and the fact that people have certain rights; one of those rights being that you should be allowed to do what you want with what you own. Others should not be allowed to stop you, and this is why libertarians hate paternalistic laws and moral legislation laws. Those laws could potentially get in the way of people doing what they want with what they own if it clashes with what society thinks is “moral”. Kant agrees for the most part agrees with libertarians but disagrees with their idea of freedom. His idea of freedom is very different than the libertarian idea of freedom. The libertarians look at freedom as an absence of obstacles (like paternalistic laws, or moral legislation laws) but Kant’s idea of freedom is “to act autonomously”, basically by a law you give yourself rather than acting based on your desires or as he calls it, being a “slave to our appetites and desires”. I think personally. with Kants theory, it’s nearly impossible to know whether or not people’s actions are “free” and “autonomous”. I just can’t stop thinking about the example with the store clerk; there is no way I would know his motivation behind giving the person the right amount of change back. As far as whether or not his notion that freedom is inextricably bound up with duty; if you believe in all the definitions he gives of what freedom is, and what duty is, then this idea makes sense. Personally, I think of freedom in more of a libertarian way (like I think most do), and my definition of “duty” falls more under being accountability of whatever role it is that you’re playing. So, if I think of the terms in my “normal” way, I wouldn’t say they are inextricably connected.

I’m going to start with what I think is the easier one to understand, and that is that a libertarian would be all for assisted suicide/euthanasia. They are against any sort of paternalistic laws (ones that protect people from harming themselves) and moral laws that get in the way of a person doing what they want with their property. They see their freedom as being blocked by laws, but this is different than what Kant believes is freedom (exactly what I spoke about it question number one).

If Kant were to chime in on the physician assisted suicide matter, he would say it’s immoral. First of all, Kant believes we have a “duty” to live and defines duty as doing the right thing for the right reason. Basically, to live morally you have to be living for “the right reasons” (I don’t know what those would be). From what I understand, according to him, it would be wrong to be living according to your “appetites and desires”; this he calls a “motive of inclination”. A person who is wanting to end their own life is not acting autonomously, because something must be making that person act upon their desire to avoid pain (could be biological desire; it would make no difference to Kant). Also, if we look at it from the doctors side, Kant would argue that the doctor is acting heteronomously, because he’s “doing something for the sake of something else for the sake of something else”. I find the libertarian argument more convincing, but I don’t completely agree with either of them.

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C.C. Baxter is an insurance office busy-body working in New York. He lives in an apartment on the Upper West Side of the city, which he allows 4 of his office managers to use for their affairs. C.C. hopes to influence their favor to climb the corporate ladder, but though the managers mildy recommend him, they don’t respect him and they make it very clear that their kindness towards him starts and stops with his apartment. When Jeff Sheldrake, the director in charge of promotions, gets wind of C.C.’s scheme, he insists on using the apartment as well. Little does C.C. know that Sheldrake is using his apartment to get back in the good graces of Ms. Kubelik, a elevator operator for whom C.C. is falling for; little does Fran know that Sheldrake promises to divorce his wife and change for the better are hollow and false.

Though “The Apartment” contains its fair share of melancholic moments, it’s mostly a dark comedy, filled with jokes about cheating and suicide. But even at the film’s funniest, screenwriters I.A.L. Diamond and Wilder never shy away from the gross realities of human nature, such as the awful feeling of being rejected by someone you love, or the belief that death is the only way out of an emotional hardship. Most importantly, “The Apartment” perfectly captures the casual dehumanization of modern corporate culture.

But Sheldrake and Kubelik are the two main love interests of the film, even when they’re making life difficult for themselves. They’re both clearly stuck in a rut, hoping that easy fixes and shortcuts will help dig them out of their own holes, but knowing it won’t be enough. It’s why scenes like Fran’s suicide attempt or C.C. and Fran beginning their rummy game still contains quite a bit of distress. It knows that there are no guarantees in life, but the least you can do is put your head down and work through the tough times in life.

The story takes place during the holidays, when the city is at its most joyous. Yet this is a brutal time if you have no loved one or family to spend it with. Thus, the melancholy of the season for the lonely, and the city’s cold and wet streets, this can be seen as Baxter aimlessly walks through the night. Add to that Wilder’s impeccable framing, focusing on the characters emotional isolation. Baxter’s dream is a high seated job, so he perhaps one day can take care of a family of his own just like Mr. Sheldrake. Fran, on the other hand, is seeking security in the form of marriage, however she is digging herself into a rut in believing that Sheldrake would indeed leave his current spouse as he often tells her in an attempt to console her. You might not think a movie about a man who lends his apartment to the married coworkers of his office as a place for their secret affairs would make a particularly enjoyable or morally presentable show, especially when the C.C. uses this to advance his career. But under Wilder’s expert script writing, producing and directing of “The Apartment” these themes run together into a very cynical, yet even sentimental film.

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Some research has shown that there are two main coping mechanisms for depression: professional help (therapy) and prescriptions drugs. I believe that consulting a psychologist is the best mechanism for depression because a psychiatrist will push meds, instead, of really trying to evaluate the problem. For example, PTSD patients are influenced to take antidepressants along with other drugs rather than talking about what they had seen during the war to elevate symptoms. Talking to an individual who knows nothing about you, but will choose to hear your story from a unique stand, and determine their opinion with the least bias.

This route can impact an individual original path in a multitude of ways. On many occasions, I feel as if I have no one to talk to, only because I want to be heard without judgment, and because I can’t receive that from family, I seek it elsewhere. Once I consulted with someone they helped me in ways that I never thought I could be helped. I know someone that lost their nephew’s mother due to suicide. Even though her family was well aware of her depression, the thought of her committing suicide never crossed their minds. She took antidepressants to enhance her mood, which in the end weren’t working for her at all instead, they’ve been numbing her pain. She cried out for help on many occasions but no one caught how bad she had fallen until it was too late.

If this woman had just one person to talk to about all the difficulties within her life, the results could’ve been different. Hiding emotions behind drugs, even if they are prescribed, isn’t the best option, numbing the pain isn’t getting the problem out in the open which can do much more harm than good to any individual, and I'm a living proof of this matter. Spielmans, Berman, & Usitalo conducted many case studies that analyzed psychotherapy and antidepressants to see which was more effective. Even though the researchers favored psychotherapy, they came to the conclusion that bona fide psychotherapy was in fact as effective as second-generation antidepressants during the short-term treatment for depression.

Psychotherapy was also more effective than second-generation antidepressants during long-term symptoms of depression (Spielmans, Berman, Usitalo). There were fifteen case studies conducted, which consisted of 1,975 participants. In regard to response, remission rates, depression outcomes, and study completion rates, there weren’t many significant differences found between both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy (Spielmans et al.). According to Spielmans, Berman, and Usitalo (2011) bona fide psychotherapies portrayed similar success in short-term (d=-0.05, p=0.57, I2=68.32%) and rather better effectiveness on depression rating scales at follow-up (d=0.29, p=0.01, I2=30.29%).

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Dr. Alice Howland was a linguistics professor at Columbia, and during her daily run she begins to notice that she’s going blind to her surroundings and forgetting small things like words and names. She realizes that she’s forgetting these things and decides to go see a neurologist alone. She thinks that it’s a brain tumor, but there was nothing wrong with her MRI, but the doctor did tell her that she had a decline in level of mental function. She had a PET scan done to check for Alzheimer’s disease, and the doctor noticed that she had high amyloid in her brain for about seven years. She was prescribed Aricept and Namenda to help treat her disease. Alice has a rare familial Alzheimer’s that may have been passed down from her father, and is now passed down to her oldest daughter, Anna. Her son Tom is negative, and her other daughter Lydia doesn’t want to know if she has the disease or not. Alice now has to wear a bracelet that says “mentally impaired.” She makes a video in a folder called “butterfly” telling her future self that if her sickness ever gets so bad that she has a backup plan; a suicide attempt, she was to swallow all of her pills with water. “Butterfly” comes from the necklace that her mom gave her and her mom said “butterflies only live to be a month.” One day, Alice is going through her computer and notices the butterfly folder and watches the video and does exactly what it says to do. When she is finally going to take the pills, her caregiver, Elena, walks in the house and Alice drops all the pills on the floor. Her youngest daughter Lydia moves home from the LA area to take care of her.

Something I learned about Alzheimer’s is that it can come early on, I always thought that it came to people when they were about 70-80 years old. I also didn’t know that the disease is genetic, I thought it just struck whoever it wanted to. Another thing I learned about Alzheimer’s is that you can forget anything and everything, I always thought that you could remember things that happened before you were diagnosed.

The main difference between early onset Alzheimer’s and Alzheimer’s is that early onset Alzheimer’s occurs during a person’s 40-50 years of life, while Alzheimer’s comes later around 60-70 years into a person’s life. Early onset Alzheimer’s affects the APP, PSEN1, or PSEN2 genes, while late onset Alzheimer’s affects the APOE gene.

My feelings on Alice’s suicide attempt were very deep because of the fact that I had a cousin that was suicidal. It was very sad to me that Alice wanted to take her own life because she had a family who supported her so much throughout her journey, but at the same time it occured to me that she didn’t remember making that video and she didn’t know any better than to listen to what her past self was telling her to do. When Elena walked in and Alice dropped her pills it was a moment of relief for me, and probably for the rest of my classmates.

Something I took away from this movie is to value every single moment you have with your loved ones and your peers because who knows what they may be facing. Life is too short to treat others with disrespect and everyone deserves to be loved and cared for.

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All the bright places was challenged in 2016 but did not get banned. The book was challenged in a sophomore class due to parents believing it was pornographic. Due to a few mentions of fornication and suicide, parents and teachers where claiming it was inappropriate for students be reading at school. This book shows multiple different mental illnesses through a story that students can relate to. Mental illness is a current problem and needs to be talked about. Students are already generally exposed to these topics in the environment of their daily lives. For students who are not as educated in these topics, a book is an easy way to start a discussion so changes can be made and stigmas throughout our world can be transformed through a better education. Serious consequences have already occurred throughout the world due to nobody talking about fornication and suicide.

In the challenge, the claims where that it was inappropriate for a high school age person to be reading this material. If we are not able to even start the conversation of what is going on in our world, how do we expect the teens to lead our world someday. Some adults claim to say that this is going to be a topic that needs to be introduced in college, but teenage years are some of the most important years for development both physically and mentally. The percentage of mental illnesses is rising along with the suicide rates. Most people struggling with a mental illness are too afraid to get help or don't know that they need professional help. Students have the right to be more educated about what is going on in this world, it is what they will need to be equip to help our world become better.

If this generation can't handle the world problems through a book than how are we supposed to prepare them for what is to come. Suicides are only increasing as more time passes and on average one in four people will or are suffering from a nuerological disease or mental illness. Over 450 million people are currently suffering from some sort of mental illness. This is just the people that have reported and admitted to the mental illness, others around them are affected by their mental illness. These are just a few reasons why it is essential that we let our students learn about what is happening in their world.

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Social media plays a negative role in the way we look at our bodies or the way others look at them. When people look at their bodies and are ashamed of them they will usually photoshop their pictures to try and make their bodies perfect. The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) discovered that 30 million people of all ages have or are suffering from an eating disorder in the United States. They are doing this to try and have the perfect body in their mind and what they think the guys will like. This is leading to a death every 62 minutes. The Journal of Adolescent Health published a study that proved that negative body imaging was leading to some young women to suicide. France is creating a new law to try and get rid of the public health issue.

The issue is that 600,000 people are suffering from eating disorders. The law is saying that if an image or photo was altered to make a model look skinnier, have a bigger butt, or to have abs needs to be labeled as so. Following France, Getty Images, one of the largest photo agencies in the United States banned people from sending in pictures that have been altered to make the model look smaller or bigger in any way. The child and adolescent psychiatrist Gayani DeSilvia M.D. said, “Anytime people internalize an impossible-to-attain goal, it leads to feeling inadequate and developing poor self-esteem.” Today's society is full of unreal expectations of what people’s bodies are supposed to look like. Dr. Lynn Anderson says, “We should be promoting health and fitness instead of skin and bones as the ideal.

” Some boys and men want to hold women to these “perfect body” standards by seeing what they see on social media. These boys and men looking for a woman with these standards are looking for a unicorn, they don’t exist. Jennifer L. Derenne, M.D. and Eugene V. Beresin, M.D. M.A. worked on a study that explored how our idea of beauty has historically been formed by social context and difficult to achieve. They both suggested for parents to limit the social media their child sees and encourage them to do more physical activity instead and to participate in other activities to boost their self-esteem. Some of the social media can be avoided and some you just can’t avoid. You can choose what tv shows you watch and which magazines you read. You can’t really avoid the ads you see posted around your area. Someday everyone will be celebrating women of all shapes and sizes.

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