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This article defines the term bullying. It also describes who, where, and when bullying can occur. This articles tells the reader how bullying can effect the victim psychologically.

Yet another similar post. I think looking at it psychologically has helped with looking into why people feel the need to bully others. It is a big social justice issue that I unfortunately feel will never end.

The article is from a reputable psychology organisation and it exams the motivations for prison sentences. It suggests that as the science of psychology has learned more about the human mind, psychology can help shape a more constructive time for people in prison.

Negative affects of Tv New's programs. The type of content they display and share with viewers.

There are many risk factors to eating disorder, however they are not what cause the disorder but can contribute to developing an eating disorder. Psychological risk factors are low self-esteem, lack of control on life, anxiety, anger, stress. Some social factors to eating disorder are wanting to obtain the "perfect body", the cultures definition of beauty.

I think a huge impact on a person eating habits is how society views people. People are constantly told to look a certain way, do certain things, and it eventually becomes ove whelming. These factors can lead to person having a eating disorder so that they can feel accepted in society.

Goes in depth about how women perceive their body image in accordance to social media their own self-perception. Discusses eating disorders and their impact on women's psychology.

The article explains the disproporationate amount of deaths in African American individuals in the United States in comparison to their counterpart. As well as the psychological effects on their communities. It explains that most agencies don't even have a policy to enforce against police brutality.

This article explains how gender inequality exists throughout the world, generally in a work setting. It discusses how this inequality goes beyond unequal pay, seeing as the stereotypes allowing for the distinction between men and women tie into psychology and basic human thinking. It explains why it is difficult to overcome, seeing as it is virtually impossible to sway and manipulate the way people think.

Amanda B. Clinton wrote an article talking about the crisis refugees are facing with psychological health. She stated that the APA Office of International Affairs hosted a program called the International Learning Partner Program in Kosovo. 10 U.S. based psychologists who joined the program in Kosovo allowed people like Ilir, an expert in Balkan culture, who had no choice but to flee his country.According to United Nations High Commissions on Refugees every 20 minutes people leave everything behind in order to escape the terror of war and persecution. Okazaki, Haarlammert, Guler and Liu (2019), indicated that psychology has never been more important than it is today. With the strong leadership in the APA evidence on the recognition of the refugees rights has increasingly gotten a lot better.

Human trafficking has a great impact on its victims. IF victims are able to get away from traffickers, they will still struggle for the rest of their lives. Even though they got away, they will forever be scarred. They will always remember their experience.

This is very true because most were forced or tricked into it. Not to mention they make them do some unspeakable things.

Lots of treatment options are available for the ones who are suffering from these disorders. One is psychotherapy by talking to a psychologist, about 50% of these patients are suffering from depression. Another kind of treatment is a cognitive behavioral therapy where you set goals and helps change unhealthy thought patterns. Nutritional counseling is also a treatment by eating healthier to maintain your body healthy. However, some patients need a medically supervised diet to get back to a healthy weight.

Eating disorders are very common in today's society, but there are patients who have faced eating disorders and overcome them. With the treatment of therapy, counseling, and a supervised diet, many people who suffer from eating disorders can learn how to defeat them and avoid the possibility of facing the disorder again.

The scary part of eating disorders is how deadly they can be. The more a person starves themselves, the more muscles are eaten up; including the heart. I think it would interesting to see how eating disorders manifest in different cultures or minority groups. I know that eating disorders for women can be different from that of men and the method of treating that is also interesting.

This site tackles the sensitive subject of mental illness and the negative stigmas that often follow. It briefly touches on how despite years of research people with mental illness are often still perceived as weak. It delves into people refusing treatment because of feeling ashamed of being mentally ill and also explains how negative stereotypes of mentally ill persons can negatively impact their self-perception. The article also talks about how to appropriately manage stigmas that often revolve around mental illness.

Patrick W. Corrigan, Amy C. Watson, Peter Byrne, Kristin E. Davis, Mental Illness Stigma: Problem of Public Health or Social Justice?, Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 4, PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (October 2005), pp. 363-368

This article talks about the different ways that people view/think relationships today and the ways that these unrealistic views are ruining actual relationships.

An organization that helps service men to find free, professional psychological care.

In one of the memos Steven Bradbury explores the psychological tool of 'learned helplessness' and how it is employed to condition detainees through techniques such as 'nudity', 'dietary manipulation' and 'sleep deprivation'. This results in a total reliance on their captors for meeting basic human needs. It is not okay to treat humans this way.

Eleanor Longden university student completing her PhD. in psychology who also suffers from schizophrenia. On a daily basis she challenges society's outlook on people with mental illness of all caliber by proving to them they are just as capable as you and me. She also wants people to look at it as biomedical, incurable, inevitable, and genetically determined.

Bullying is a severe issue that usually affects the youth. Whether bullying occurs in person or via media, it can drastically impact an individual's state of mind.

Bullying is still an issue and there isn't much that can be done to stop it in its entirety sadly. It can have serious negative effects for not only the person being bullied, but the bully themselves too as they will think it is ok if not told otherwise.

Not enough people talk about the psychological impact that bullying can have on kids. These problems do not always just go way, and they can carry on into adulthood if nothing is done about it.