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Child Beauty Pageants: Growing Up On Stage

November 17, 2018October 26, 2017 by admin

When viewing the different subcultures that exist in our society, child beauty pageants and the individuals who participate in these competitions are commonly associated with behaviors that are against social norms. I will discuss the historical background of these pageants and how they were modeled after the famously known pageant, Miss America. I will also explain how child beauty pageants are a subculture and the manner in which they are represented in the media through Toddlers & Tiaras, a reality television show, and a documentary, Living Dolls. I will propose how I would represent this subculture as a documentary including my argument for my representation.

A History of Beauty Pageants in America

When looking at child beauty pageants, these competitions can be traced back to the first beauty pageants for women in Miss America. What exactly is a beauty pageant? According to Sarah Banet-Weiser,

Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murders: Synthesis of the Literature and Case Illustration

November 17, 2018October 26, 2017 by admin

Abstract

Sexual murders involving children generate intense media attention and widespread public concern, despite their infrequency. Empirical research on this type of murderer is surprisingly scarce in light of the interest in this topic. Most studies have looked at sexual murderers of adult women, neglecting to look at those who murder children. This article reviews the current research on sexual murderers of children, especially those who abduct their victims. Available literature suggests that sexual murderers of children tend to form a relatively homogeneous group, matching several characteristics of the sadistic offender, and differing from sexual murderers of adult women in several ways. Some sexual murderers of children abduct their victims. These crimes, which are usually committed by strangers, can be extremely difficult to investigate. Following the review and synthesis of the relevant literature, a case study of a man who abducted,..

The Psychological Development of the Child

November 17, 2018October 26, 2017 by admin

The child can only live his childhood; to understand childhood is the province of the adult. But whose vantage point is to prevail, the adult's or the child? The adult recognizes differences between himself and a child. But these differences are usually reduced to the quantitative, to a matter of mere degree. When he compare himself with a child, an adult sees the child as relatively or eve totally incapable of actions or tasks he himself can accomplish. These inabilities can shed light on differences in mental organization between the child and the adult.

An adult demonstrates his egocentrism through his conviction that all mental development must naturally and inevitably lead to modes of thought and feeling exactly like his own and bearing the particular stamp of the time and place in which he lives. If he does somehow manage to achieve the insight that a

Psychiatric Mechanisms In Child Murderers

January 22, 2019October 26, 2017 by admin

Most child victims of homicide are killed by a parent or step-parent. This large population study provides a contemporary and detailed description of filicide perpetrators. We examined the relationship between filicide and mental illness at the time of the offence, and care received from mental health services in the past.

Method All filicide and filicide-suicide cases in England and Wales (1997–2006) were drawn from a national index of homicide perpetrators. Data on people in contact with mental health services were obtained via a questionnaire from mental health teams. Additional clinical information was collected from psychiatric reports.

Results
6144 people were convicted of homicide, 297 were filicides, and 45 cases were filicide-suicides. 195 (66%) perpetrators were fathers. Mothers were more likely than fathers to have a history of mental disorder (66% v 27%) and symptoms at the time of the offence (53% v 23%), most often affective disorder. 17% of mothers had schizophrenia or other delusional disorders. Overall 8% had schizophrenia. 37% were mentally ill at the time...

See Also: Filicide: Mental Illness in Those Who Kill Their Children

The “I Feel Like a Child” Syndrome

November 17, 2018October 25, 2017 by admin

If our various child parts are not fully integrated into our adult self, we're likely at times to feel like a child inside an adult's body. We won't be able to feel truly grown up because our basic sense of self hasn't sufficiently evolved into the actual adult we've become. Our chronological age, our body, our mind may all say "adult" . . . but our psyche nonetheless continues to say "child."

To put it more concretely, when present-day circumstances tap into old, unresolved doubts or fears--that is, distressful feelings that may go all the way back to childhood--we'll experience ourselves in the same way we did in the past. (And to be honest, looking back at our lives, which of us hasn't many times felt unsure, or defective, or unsafe?) If we haven't yet managed to "assimilate" the growth or maturation that typically

Photosensitivity Associated With Antipsychotics, Antidepressants And Anxiolytics.

November 17, 2018October 25, 2017 by admin

Abstract

Photosensitivity reactions evoked by systemic agents are the result of the effects of the agent combined with subsequent exposure to light. Photosensitivity induced by exogenous parenteral agents accounts for an increasing portion of the total undesirable effects caused by environmental chemicals. The exponential increase in the number of new drugs introduced each year may be one of the factors explaining the increased number of reports describing photosensitivity induced by exogenous agents. There are many reports of photosensitivity caused by antipsychotic and antidepressant agents. Although the majority of the research was focused on the photosensitising potential of chlorpromazine, other antipsychotics and antidepressants have been shown to cause cutaneous photosensitivity. An extensive drug history must be taken whenever a patient presents with a reaction limited to, or accentuated in, light-exposed areas. It should be remembered that these...

Missing White Woman Syndrome How Media Framing Affects Viewers’ Emotions

November 17, 2018October 25, 2017 by admin

Abstract

In this experiment, the study of missing white woman syndrome is extended to video coverage to determine whether visual framing and race have an effect on the emotions of viewers. Missing white woman syndrome relates to the idea that stories about attractive, young, white females who go missing are more prevalent in the news to the exclusion of similar stories about other demographics. This study examined the relationship between race and framing effects through a factorial design experiment and posttest questionnaire. Experimental conditions compared television news stories about women of different demographics who are portrayed differently in both visual and nonvisual frames. Results showed that visual framing did affect the emotions of viewers, but the race of the missing person did not...

Objective Assessment Of Sexual Arousal In Women With A History Of Hysterectomy

November 17, 2018October 25, 2017 by admin

Abstract

Objective The potential contribution of psychological and anatomical changes to sexual dysfunction following hysterectomy is not clear. Radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer causes surgical damage to the autonomic nerves which are responsible for the increased vaginal blood flow during sexual arousal. Simple hysterectomy causes more limited nerve disruption. Photoplethysmographic assessment of vaginal pulse amplitude objectively measures vaginal blood flow during sexual arousal. We hypothesised that damage of the autonomic nerves results in a disrupted vaginal blood flow response during sexual stimulation.

Design Between-groups comparison of vaginal pulse amplitude.

Setting University hospital.

Sample Twelve women with a history of radical hysterectomy, 12 women with a history of simple abdomonal hysterectomy and 17 aged-matched controls.

Methods Photoplethysmographic assessment of vaginal pulse amplitude during sexual stimulation by erotic films. Self-reported ratings of subjective sexual arousal were collected after each erotic stimulus condition...

Working with Sexual Offenders via Psychodrama

November 17, 2018October 24, 2017 by admin

Abstract

Aim/Background: This paper describes a program providing group therapy to adjudicated adult male sex offenders and sex addicts via Psychodrama and discusses its format and program evaluation data. Topics treated in the sessions and means of approach are described. The format of work is outlined in manual form, rationales given for treatment choices, and evaluations of the program by the men in it are reported on.

Materials/ Methods: A description of procedures used and a manual are provided for others who may wish to use the practices described. Data are taken from program evaluations and self-reports.

Results: Numerical data and essay style quotes from program evaluations are provided which show that the men in the program find psychodramatic work personally meaningful and developing social bonding.

Conclusions: What the data reveal, limitations, and what directions we would like to move in future are described....

Chapter 2: Sexual Etiqutte in Islam

November 17, 2018October 24, 2017 by admin

Sexual intercourse and the sexual j with a legal spouse are governed by nature, and at the same time is a sunnah of the Prophets and the Ahlul Bayt (as). It has even been referred to as the most pleasurable thing in life. A group of companions and Shī°as of Imām as-Ŝādiq (as) narrate that the Imām asked us: “What is the most pleasurable thing?” We said: “There are many pleasurable things.” Imām said: “The most pleasurable thing is making love with (your) spouses.”1

It is also narrated from Imām as-Ŝādiq (as): “Whether in this world or in the hereafter, one has not, and will not, perceived a pleasure more pleasurable than sexual relations with women, and certainly this is the commentary of the words of Allāh (SwT) in the Qur`an, in Surat Āli-’ Imrān, verse 14 where He states: “To mankind has been made...

The Child Sexual Ause Accommodation Syndrome.

November 17, 2018October 24, 2017 by admin

Abstract

Child victims of sexual abuse face secondary trauma in the crisis of discovery. Their attempts to reconcile their private experiences with the realities of the outer world are assaulted by the disbelief, blame and rejection they experience from adults. The normal coping behavior of the child contradicts the entrenched beliefs and expectations typically held by adults, stigmatizing the child with charges of lying, manipulating or imagining from parents, courts and clinicians. Such abandonment by the very adults most crucial to the child's protection and recovery drives the child deeper into self-blame, self-hate, alienation and revictimization. In contrast, the advocacy of an empathic clinician within a supportive treatment network can provide vital credibility and endorsement for the child. Evaluation of the responses of normal children to sexual assault provides clear evidence that societal definitions of "normal" victim behavior are inappropriate and procrustean, serving...

Friendship: The Laws of Attraction

November 17, 2018October 24, 2017 by admin

My best friend, Olivia, and I met in a fiction-writing class many years ago. We bonded in an instant during the discussion of one poor soul's incomprehensible story involving a woman who'd undergone surgery and was described delicately as having lost "that which made her a woman." Suddenly, out of my mouth sprang my impersonation of Monty Python's Eric Idle, "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?" Every other student in the room looked at me as if I'd lost my mind, but Olivia snorted with laughter. Thus, a friendship was born.

When people are asked, "What gives meaning to your life?" friendship figures at the top of the list. Yet the dynamics of friendship have remained mysterious and unquantifiable. Like romantic love, friendships were thought to "just happen." New research shows that the dance of friendship is nuanced far more complex than commonly thought....

Effects of Arousal on Attraction: Physical Characteristics and Trait Information

February 21, 2019October 24, 2017 by admin

Abstract

This study is designed to investigate the effects of physiological arousal on attraction when faces are accompanied by mitigating information. 54 participants were asked to report their level of attraction to photographs of faces that were accompanied by positive or negative traits. We manipulated the level of arousal of those in the experimental groups with electric shock and exercise, while those in the control group received no shock or exercise. We expected participants who were aroused to report being more attracted to the attractive faces, and less attracted to unattractive faces than participants who were not aroused. We also expected participants who were aroused to neglect trait information more than participants who were not aroused. The misattribution effect, in which subjects are more attracted to attractive faces when aroused than when not aroused, has been widely researched. While many studies support the theory of...

What Every Hospital Discharge Planner Should Know About Homeless Patient Resource Connections

February 21, 2019October 24, 2017 by admin

Learning Objectives

1. Overview of a social model of Recuperative Care (aka Medical Respite)

2. Provide insights on how to ensure successful care transition to a Medical Respite Care facility

3. Discuss the resource connections provided to clients at a Medical Respite including an overview of criteria, costs and timelines

4. Overview of Social Security benefits with respect to disabilities

What is Recuperative Care?

Recuperative Care (aka Medical Respite) provides care to homeless persons recovering from an acute illness or injury, no longer in need of acute care but unable to sustain recovery if living on the street or other unsuitable place.

Combined with effective case management and possible housing placement, recuperative care program allows individual with complex medical and psycho-social needs the opportunity to recover in a stable environment while reducing potential health complications and subsequent hospital readmissions....

Dealing With A Problem That Doesn’t Exist? Professional Responses To Female Perpetrated Child Sexual Abuse

November 17, 2018October 24, 2017 by admin

Abstract

Female involvement in sexual offences against children is more common than is generally thought and has serious implications for the long-term emotional and psychological well-being of victims. Drawing on findings from: a comprehensive review of the literature; an overview of relevant literature and legislation; and an electronic survey of Multi-Agency Public Protection Panels; this paper explores the criminal justice response to female sex offending in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The literature highlights that the way in which professionals identify and respond to child sexual abuse has been shown to be influenced by the gender of the perpetrator. Equally, whilst similar to male sex offending in terms of the intrusiveness and seriousness of the abuse, some aspects of female sex offending can cause particular problems for professionals. The fact that some sexual abuse can be disguised as childcare can make it difficult for professionals...

Drug-Induced Compulsive Behaviors: Exceptions to the Rule

November 17, 2018October 24, 2017 by admin

To the Editor: We are intrigued by the recent article by Bostwick et al1 on the emergence of impulse control behaviors after treatment with dopamine agonists. It is amazing how these gambling and hypersexuality adverse effects occur and then seem to immediately abate simply by discontinuing the Parkinson disease medication without need for any additional addiction-related treatment. Ropinirole was recently investigated in a phase 4 clinical trial as a treatment for sexual dysfunction secondary to antidepressant pharmacotherapy,2 which speaks to its possible effects on sexual behavior. Dopamine agonists may affect the mesolimbic pathway, as do drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine, whose behavioral properties are attributed to this dopaminergic activity; sexual compulsivity is a well-established adverse effect of these medications.3 Furthermore, dopamine dysregulation syndrome, an addictive use pattern of dopamine agonists, causes the same behaviors observed in cocaine-dependent patients, such as punding, a stereotypical motor behavior...