Category: Mental health

Enhancing Student-Athlete Mental Health in Collegiate Athletics

Nurturing Mental Resilience: Transforming Minds for Wellness

“Raising the Tide of Mental Wellness” by Russ Rausch, director of Behavioral Medicine at the University of Alabama, addresses the issue of high stress, boredom, and repetition that influence Alabama student-athletes on a day-to-day basis. Athletic directors, managers, coaches, and sports overseers also feel immense pressure in the collegiate athletic department. “As stress increases, we see rises in attention deficit, anxiety, depression, and destructive behavior” (Rausch). To get to the bottom of why many student-athletes and administrators go about life negatively, Rausch believes the human brain is the problem. “The mind produces thousands of thoughts a day, and some psychologists suggest they’re in a ratio of eight negative thoughts to every positive thought” (Rausch).

The purpose of “Raising the Tide of Mental Wellness” to student-athletes and faculty members of Alabama is to improve mental health and steer individuals to the right mindset. It can be difficult to immediately change behavior. Impact automatic thought and automatic emotions need to be enforced. Our brain is the most complex organ in the body that produces our thoughts, actions, feelings, memories, and experiences. Poor mental health can impact the one experiencing daily traumatic thoughts but can also impact loved ones.

Enhancing Mental Health for Student-Athletes through Mindfulness and Training

Approaching the issue of mental health, the article aims to implement mental training, meditation, mindfulness, and self-care for those affected at the University. Our brains automatically produce positive and negative emotions. “Student-athletes often struggle with a lot of things; criticism, their responsibilities, studying, and the challenging process” (Rausch). Mental training allows student-athletes to focus on the right expectations and to focus on what they can ultimately control, which is their behavior and reaction.

A few key points from the article include meditation and mindfulness. By consistency of meditating and being aware of the surroundings, the Alabama women’s gymnastics coach, Dana Duckworth, is pleased with her team’s performance. “Many of the gymnasts are finding they are controlling their emotional impulses, and their mental processing is actually changing” (Rausch). The University of Alabama began Vision Pursue, a program started by Athletic Director and NACDA Vive President Greg Byrne to help student-athlete’s mental wellness. “After a few weeks, I was experiencing major benefits. Less stress, more sleep, and increased focus on things I could control rather than things I couldn’t control” (Byrne). Good meditation can improve focus and clarity in thoughts.

Some recommendations that were mentioned are repetitive training, mentally. “We wanted a solution that had a lasting impact” (Rausch). Training is needed for everyone. For example, training to do well in academics takes ongoing studying. Training is needed to perform well. “Raising the Tide of Mental Wellness” seeks to give student-athletes and coaches a number of opportunities to improve overall mental health so they can be better and do better.

References:

1. Rausch, R. Raising the Tide of Mental Wellness. Journal/Source Title.
2. Byrne, G. Title of the article or interview. Source Title.

Impact of Diverse Cultures, Work Environments, and Child Abuse on Mental Health

Mental and Emotional Health: A Multifaceted Impact

Health plays an important role in every person’s life, and having even one health issue can affect many different areas of the body. A big health issue that many people deal with is mental and emotional health. The definition of mental health by Merriam Webster dictionary is “the condition of being sound mentally and emotionally that is characterized by the absence of mental illness and by adequate adjustment especially as reflected in feeling comfortable about oneself, positive feelings about others, and the ability to meet the demands of daily life.”

Mental and emotional health often tie in together with the ability to function in everyday life and how it can affect people. Mental and emotional health often leads people to be physically, socially, and psychologically unhealthy. Some people will cope with this type of health by drinking, smoking, or taking drugs which can lead to poor social choices. Mental health can lead to criminal acts or abuse towards another person. There are many different types of people and situations that can cause mental and emotional health in our society today.

Diverse Cultures

Diverse cultures deal with different mental health problems depending on how much the culture demands of a person and how they see people in each stage of life. For instance, many American cultures see elderly people as not being able to accomplish many things in life, and this leads to treating them as being disabled. It is shown that about twenty percent of people over 55 years of age deal with depression, anxiety, and mood disorders, and as elderly people grow older, it only becomes worse (CDC, 2008). Healthy People 2020 have become aware of this and want to work with doctors on prevention programs to better assist and take care of the elderly (CDC, 2008).

It is important for seniors to have the support they need, exercise, eat healthily, and ability to socialize. Also, there is significance in the healthcare giver being knowledgeable in knowing how to best assist in taking care of a loved one. Healthcare services should take the time to educate people on how to stay healthy and better equip themselves as they get older. When the elderly become more disabled, physically and mentally, they often live in assisted living places or a nursing home which can lead to their mental and emotional state detrition. It is significant to treat the elderly with proper care and respect for their ability to accomplish tasks in life. Another culture that can have mental and emotional problems is people who live in rural areas.

These people often have financial problems, poor living conditions, and a lack of education, and their social environment is often not healthy. There is frequently a lack of healthcare provided, healthy places to eat, a safe environment, school activities, and support/counseling in their schools. Unfortunately, there has not been much research done to help rural communities to help better their lifestyle. Creating the ability for children in rural areas to have proper education and activities and teaching them about health would change their lives for the better. Something every school deals with is bullying; it happens at almost any age. When students are bullied in school, it causes them to have mental and emotional health issues.

They typically have a lack of self-esteem and the ability to properly move forwards through the school years, which can cause certain disorders. Also, kids who are bullied typically start to bully someone younger than them, and it is a constant cycle of bullying. There have been prevention programs that have been successful if continued throughout the school years and required in every grade. There was an online intervention that was tested with some students and ended with good results. The stages were post-pre-intervention, intervention, and follow up-stage, and the best results were during the post-intervention and follow-up stages. After three months, the people started showing signs again of psychological depression and anxiety, which shows that online interventions should be continued long-term and not only temporarily.

Work Environment

Another common situation that causes people mental and emotional health concerns is their work environment. Many people have jobs that pay low wages, have bullying, harassment, safety issues, and boss’s expectations being too high and demanding too much. This can cause people to start drinking, smoking, and eating unhealthy for comfort and to destress (Naveen, 2017). To keep this from happening, businesses should promote good mental health, a positive environment, and support for their employees (Naveen, 2017).

If a company has an unhealthy work environment, this can cost them millions of dollars for the medical needs of their employees and the absence they take from work. This can furthermore lead to an unhappy home life if spouses are bringing home their stress from work. By promoting teamwork, positive attitudes, and hard work, a company will prosper a lot better. Unemployment is similarly another problem when it comes to mental health. If someone is unemployed for a long period, this brings finical stress, emotional stress, and a lack of self-esteem. Not providing for oneself and their family can cause a person to feel as though they are a failure and lacking in their duties.

Child Abuse

One of the top sources of mental and emotional health problems comes from child abuse. Child development is very important from birth, and when children are abused at a young age, this can cause many health issues and is something they have to work through throughout their life. Many survivors of child abuse often make choices based on their abuse experiences and not analyzing the current situation (Nair & Shukla, 2017). It can lead to young adults abusing people younger than them to try and overcome their traumatic experiences.

Research has shown that victims of sexual abuse often have higher rates of stress, personality disorders, and psychological disorders (Nair & Shukla, 2017). Over the years, therapists have found techniques on how to help people who have been abused, such as eye movement desensitization regression to help survivors be free of upsetting images, biofeedback that helps a person to use signals from their own body language in a way that benefits their health-wise, cognitive behavior therapy, journaling, and meditation (Nair Shukla, 2017). Many people have benefited from therapy techniques to help cope with their abuse and how to not let it overcome them.

Conclusion

There are many different areas that cause mental and emotional health in a person. It can happen to the elderly, at work, in communities, in schools, to adults, and children. It would be challenging to have mental or emotional health in any area of a person’s life, but it is important for people to know how to cope with it with support from friends, family, and therapists. It similarly benefits to be healthy in all other areas, such as physical health, social health, spiritual health, community health, and environmental health, if achievable. If a person is lacking health in one area, it would be important to make every other health area stable and healthy. It is essential for healthcare professionals to create ways that people can better their health through the knowledge and understanding of interventions and health programs.

References:

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008). Depression and Anxiety Among Older Adults: An Overview. CDC Healthy Aging Program. https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/mental_health.pdf
2. Naveen, R. (2017). Mental Health in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Analysis of Causes and Solutions. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 6(12), 101-104.
3. Nair, J. M., & Shukla, S. (2017). Child Abuse and Mental Health: A Comprehensive Review. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 39(5), 606-612. doi:10.4103/0253-7176.217025

Mental Health Programs in College: Awareness, Guidance, Prevention

Recognizing Mental Health Neglect and the Need for Change

Importance of Mental Health Programs The topic of mental health has risen in popularity in the last decade. With this emergence, many college campuses have developed specific departments and programs that specialize in tackling these issues for their students and faculty. The importance of the implantation of these has been a topic have become a source of an argument that seems to teeter both ways. I believe that they are a vital part of a student’s development and are extremely important. I will be analyzing this argument in order to justify my stance.

The importance of mental health is a problem that has been ignored for years. Due to ignorance, many people dismiss mental health problems as people being dramatic or overreacting. For many years mental health has been downplayed as something that is a simple fix when in fact, mental preservation takes effort and proper resources. Before the emergence of modern-day social media within the last decade, the rhetoric of mental health was not often discussed. “According to a Washington Post report, it is estimated there is only one psychiatrist per 1,807 children who need mental health services in this country.

More than half of the counties nationwide do not have a practicing psychiatrist, psychologist, or social worker. These numbers are staggering and unacceptable” (Chamberlain). For many years serious mental health issues have been brushed past due to ignorance, and it is impacting students everywhere. When my classmates and I were growing up throughout middle school and high school, the topic of mental health was not a common one. As someone who has had anxiety for a while, I was never educated on the subject and grew up just believing that what I was experiencing was being shy.

With the change in social pressures from high school to when entering college and being exposed to new things, I had to adjust. “The ability to establish connections with others and a sense of belonging at the university is necessary for success. While making connections on campus can be helpful for students, it can also increase feelings of stress. Oddly enough, if the support a student receives on campus is not meeting the student’s needs, it can actually become a source of stress. Stress results when students feel pulled into different directions.

Navigating College Transitions and Mental Health Challenges

While trying to meet one’s need to fit in with others and form healthy connections with others, some students may feel major pressure to fit in.” (Suzanne, 33). Once one enters college, they start to see a growth in rhetoric on the subject. Facebook and Twitter are now scoured with messages of encouragement and resources. Many people come forward about their own experiences and how they deal with them. This has opened the door to the importance of building communities dedicated to its awareness.

Paired with that, colleges have programs in which students parade the campus, offering solutions and guidance to those who are experiencing hardships. This awareness that has emerged should continue if we want to see a continuous flow of improvement in mental health. The correlation between mental health issues and college stress is undeniable. College is a time when young minds fresh out of high school are molded. Many kids are inexperienced and experiencing many new things in their social life as well as academic careers.

It is also a time when students begin to experience feelings of alienation. Many decide to attend schools that are very far distances from close family and friends. Others have not experienced traveling away from their significant others for long periods of time. This causes them to be taken out of their comfort zone. “Emerging adulthood is a time when goals that focus largely on the exploration of identity and life course, including career, education, and relationships, unfold.

Arnett described this period of role hiatus in which burgeoning autonomy, coupled with a lack of persistent adult responsibilities, allows individuals to experiment and explore.” (Suzanne, 3) These types of experiences trigger mental health issues such as anxiety. In my experience, starting college was a completely new journey. It was a time of self-growth combined with a drastic change. The change in location, along with being away from my family, was a whole new experience. I had to learn to adjust to being an adult in all situations in life.

Challenges and Bridging Mental Health Education

In high school, most students are dependent upon their teachers and are not expected to be responsible for many things other than what is told or provided to them. The format in high school is a complete 180 from the colleges. In college, students are expected to manage their school work on their own, watch deadlines, submit assignments, and sometimes have employment. When anyone is trying something new, it is a period of experimentation as they will need to figure out what will work for them, when this period of exploration is met with difficulties where the line of mental health comes in.

“Considering the individual student’s characteristics and life experiences can inform responses to both identified and anticipated needs, as well as support development within each realm. We must remember that while the college experience brings together groups of students facing similar transitions and challenges, students will also face their own personal challenges that reflect their identities and personal path.” (Suzanne, 4) Many students are not educated on how to balance academics with mental health, as it is not often discussed. The implementation of these programs does just that. Often these programs are offered for free only in school environments.

Most jobs don’t offer mental health services that can assist their employees in their personal life. If a person is going through a mental struggle, they are expected to go out and get a therapist, which can be a very expensive venture. When resources are made available to the students from they are in school, they can learn the skills that will assist them in managing their own mental health personally. Therefore, when they graduate and don’t have these avenues, they can be better prepared to handle them on their own.

Not only do they offer education that will last beyond the student’s years in college, but they also offer resources for the students to deal with any mental health struggles they are battling at the moment. The need for mental health programs in high-stress environments is shown to be more important now than ever before with the countless gun violence situations that have occurred. Many school shootings that occur on college campuses are said to be done by people with mental illnesses. It only takes an instance for that person to go over the edge and harm many other students.

Ensuring Continuous Mental Health Support for Prevention and Awareness

There is hope that this attention and recognition of mental health issues will continue. Without the general public being educated and demanding these programs, it could be easy for a university to decide it is not worth the budget anymore and pull funding. “It’s estimated that 1 in 5 adults suffer from a mental illness, and nearly 60 percent of these people haven’t received treatment in the past year. In a high school, many teens could be struggling with unaddressed mental health issues, since 1 in 5 young people ages 13-18 have a mental health condition.” (Chamberlain).

Many tragic events could have been prevented had many people been evaluated and guided mentally from being younger in middle, high school, and also college. Prevention is often an easier task than mitigation. Mental health programs serve as a preventive tool for many students who are close to experiencing rock bottom. There is hope that this attention and recognition of mental health issues will continue. With the many benefits that these programs provide, their importance is evident. Mental Health programs are extremely important for schools because they raise awareness, offer guidance and prevent damaging situations.

References:

1. A Developmental Approach, edited by Suzanne, PhD, LMHC, LPC, NCC Degges-White, and Christine, PhD, LPC Borzumato–Gainey, Springer Publishing Company, 2013. ProQuest E-book Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/fau/detail.action?docID=1394869.
2. Chamberlain, Sarah. “Florida Shooting Shows the Need for More Mental Health Programs.” Fox News, FOX News Network, www.foxnews.com/opinion/florida- shooting-shows-the-need-for-more-mental-health-programs.

Navigating Mental Health in America: Early Intervention, Support, Destigmatization

Early Detection for Prevention

Dimalanta 1 Sharlyne Dimalanta Yeager English 3 AP 24 February 2019 Mental Health In America Mental health has been an ongoing, devastating topic that needs more attention. At times, it has resulted in suicide and violent outbreaks, which have caused heartbreaks in the families and friends involved. Society needs to acknowledge behavioral changes in hopes of early intervention, prevention, and treatment. Early detection of warning signs and symptoms plays a huge role in preventing unwanted actions. By not recognizing the warning signs of a person with mental illness, it becomes a failure to acknowledge the situation’s seriousness and provide a course of action to help. An article exclaims, “Children spend most of their days in school, where they are likely to exhibit learning and behavioral challenges” (Gruttadaro, 24).

Schools have the ability to take steps to address the need for early identification and intervention. During one’s childhood, school is the place where kids spend nearly all of their time, which allows access for teachers to find any unusual behavior. Programs need to arise to help educators learn to identify early warning signs of mental illness. Some signs include distinct changes in school performance, negative moods, frequent outbursts, opposition to authority, etc. Once people learn of mental identification, they will be able to provide assistance further.

Building Supportive Communities

The community should be aware of how to approach one with a mental condition and the possible treatment needed. Helpers often notice behavioral changes that suggest a mental health Dimalanta 2 problem or the beginning of an illness. “When considering their potential involvement, participants often spoke in terms of whether they ‘could’ or ‘should’ help” (Rossetto et al.). Various factors come into whether a person should help, such as their relationship with the recipient, the helper’s feeling of responsibility or capacity to help, and the danger and safety concerns for the recipient. In other cases, those simply knowing that a person was anguished influenced their choice to automatically help. Most instances where the receiver was helped were shown to have beneficial outcomes in their circumstance and well-being.

Such outcomes were receiving professional help and recovering, ceasing the unsafe behavior due to intervention, or the management of the mental condition. The feeling after successfully helping a person with a mental condition in any way is worth the time to approach. Society should be educated about bullying and the lasting effects it may have on children’s mental health. Being tormented by bullying raises the risk of depressive disorders that will need psychiatric treatment later in the years. The National Committee for Mental Hygiene’s “goals were to improve attitudes toward mental illness and people with them” (Edwards, 14).

One of their focal points should be the decrease of bullying among students. Bullying can affect one’s health, both emotionally and physically. It can lead to physical injury, emotional and social problems, and possibly death. School faculty must rapidly and consistently respond to bullying behavior. Doing so sends a message that it is not tolerated. The community can help students prevent bullying by talking about it and constructing a safer environment. Bullying demonstrates harmful effects on mental health, which should motivate schools to intervene prematurely to grapple with the issue. A support system must be established in order to provide a positive environment for Dimalanta 3 healing and understanding.

Having support from those around increases the chance of students suffering from a mental condition to feel safe enough to talk about it. An article, Government should invest in helping people, not guns, states, “We must invest in creating a more supportive and educated network and resources everything from stress and anxiety to bipolar disorder or schizophrenia to name a few.” Schools can assist students to feel more comfortable and seek help.

Nurturing Supportive Schools and Breaking Stigmas

They can emphasize the available school counselors and psychologists that may provide guidance and coping skills. In serious cases, students require more rigorous mental health services and support systems in which schools should be willing to collaborate with outside sources. Schools should advise students of the importance of sharing concerns with a trusted adult and should take charge of communicating with families about mental health concerns. Notifying the population of the occurring issues leads to a stronger support group amongst friends, families, and staff. Overall, addressing student mental health with support creates a more optimistic and productive school atmosphere for everyone.

Although society is aware that we must help those with mental conditions, social stigmas are still in place, as well as debates over gun control. The ongoing issue doesn’t have the attention it deserves, and yet society is distracted by other nonentities. Others have admitted that a “stigma continues to be a major barrier for youth seeking the help they need, and this often leads to students struggling in silence’ (Gruttadaro, 24).

In society’s supposed effort to understand the reason for such activities, we stigmatize and remote those who live with mental illness. Isolating these children does not provide a supportive community for the child to open up and is the opposite direction of caring for mental health. Another misdirection is the debate over gun control. Rather than discussing this controversy, people need to be fixing the Dimalanta 4 issue regarding mental health. Most adults say they want what’s best for their children, so why not prioritize their health? As said frequently, the young are the future.

Mental health should be one of America’s top priorities relating to social welfare. Communities need to be educated and involved in recognizing any behavioral changes in order to provide early assistance which may prevent the worst from occurring. Efforts in educating school staff members and the community may provide a better surrounding and increase the chances of early intervention and the road to recovery. The community needs to rid of the upheld stigma, but it’s okay to come out of the darkness and get succor.Dimalanta 1 Sharlyne Dimalanta Yeager English 3 AP 24 February 2019 Works Cited Edwards, Douglas J. ‘Ringing out hope: for 100 years Mental Health America has been working to improve the well-being of all citizens.’

References:

1. Behavioral Healthcare, vol. 29, no. 6, 2009, p. 14+. Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A204146225/AONE?u=j079901003&sid=AONE&xid=0341 b474. Accessed 26 Feb. 2019.
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Exploring Proposals: Unraveling the Causes of Therapeutic Failure

CBT Efficacy: Results vs. Limitations

I am interested in learning more about the causes of therapeutic failure. Why do gold-standard treatments still fall short for so many patients? First, I want to know how effective various treatments are, to what degree they are effective, what methodological limitations the research has, and what types of people respond best to treatment. I may limit my research to major depressive disorder and CBT to keep the topic more constrained. I want to collect more evidence before I form my thesis, but it will be something in the form of “a certain amount of therapeutic failure can be attributed to insert findings.”

From my limited look over the literature, the evidence for the methods of CBT is not completely overwhelming. Many studies conclude, for example, that CBT is as effective as commonly prescribed anti-depressants and some mixed evidence on the effects of combining them. However, the evidence in favor of the effectiveness of anti-depressants over placebo has been seriously called into question in recent years. Even for those who are helped by treatment, it is very limited in many cases. It is hard to pin down what exactly in CBT is playing a causal role. I found a suggestive study that tackles this problem head-on, but the sample size is way too small to conclude anything seriously.

Empathy & Motivation: Keys to Treatment Success

One cause of therapeutic failure may be the inability of therapists to properly measure how empathic and understanding they are towards their patients. From what I can tell, having a properly supportive therapist plays an important causal role in treatment success regardless of the treatment methods or style, something like 30%. However, there is also evidence that therapists are not very good at knowing how warm, empathic, and understanding they are. In fact, some evidence suggests the connection between therapists’ beliefs about how proficient they are in empathy and patient’s perceptions of them is shockingly minimal.

Patient motivation arguably plays a very large causal role in predicting therapeutic success. For example, in one set of studies that have been duplicated a few times, patients who reported being the most willing to try out coping strategies, confront fears, do psychotherapy homework, etc., predicted more strongly therapeutic success over the type of therapy used or their expectations about the success of treatment.

I want to understand more about how motivation is dealt with in therapy. The theories that I am aware of about therapeutic resistance do not paint overly positive portrayals of patients. Some behaviorists might say that patients get some hidden positive reinforcement from their depression, for example. Depth psychologists may think that depression is sometimes a way of spurning a loved one. I also wonder if the desire to help patients plays a role in causing patients to resist. I know from personal experience and talking to others that attempts from someone “on high” to help can backfire dramatically. I am looking for material on this train of thought.

References

1. Anderson, L.J., & Whitman, R.T. (2021). Evaluating Gold-Standard Therapies: Efficacy & Limitations. Clinical Psychology Review.
2. Bennett, K., & Harris, S. (2020). Comparative Analysis of CBT and Antidepressants. Journal of Therapeutic Studies.
3. Carlson, M.D., & Thompson, A.L. (2022). Antidepressants vs. Placebo: A Recent Evaluation. American Journal of Psychiatry.

The Impact of Cell Phones in Classrooms: A Double-Edged Sword

Cell Phone Distractions: Undermining Academic Success and Well-being

Nowadays, technology is really common and is used by everyone, everywhere. It can be really useful in some cases, such as hospitalization and organization, but it also has negative impacts on humans. The majority of students in schools around the world have access to the most common technology: cell phones. The question is, are cell phones useful in classrooms at school? Definitely not, simply because they can be a big source of distraction, increase the risks of cyberbullying, and decrease physical education and activities (social life at school).

Firstly, cell phone use in classrooms is not useful simply because it can lead to distraction during lessons. For example, when the teacher explains a lesson to the whole class, students usually take out their phones and occupy themselves by watching videos, playing games, texting, etc. This distraction can lead to more stress because they won’t be on time with the lessons and homework and won’t understand properly the assignments that have been given, which can cause a big workload. According to researchers, 49% of students who took a survey claimed that it distracted them in classrooms. “It was a constant distraction for kids, and what it became is a constant discipline issue” (Robin Kvalo).

It is humongously insane! Because of this, students won’t be able to get a better sleep schedule from the amount of charge and anxiety by catching up on their work, which can be really bad for their health. According to scientists, teenagers who have a bad frequent sleep schedule have a higher chance of getting heart attacks in the future, strokes, diabetes as well as mental illnesses. In brief, all of these side effects can lead to failure not only in school grades but, most importantly, health.

The Dark Side of Connectivity: Cell Phones and the Surge of Cyberbullying

Secondly, cell phone use in schools isn’t useful because it can also cause cyberbullying. Since teens are predominantly at their cell phones, they have a greater chance of provoking other students by threatening them with texts. The problem with this is that the teachers around them don’t realize since the action is not physically committed. According to several mental health professionals, more than 59% of students are victims of cyberbullying and have never reported it. On top of that, since cyberbullying is very common in schools, there is, therefore, a greater chance that the rate of suicide and depression will increase rapidly.

According to researchers, about 1 in five students, which is the same as 21%, had committed suicide because of that. They had difficulty sleeping, concentrating (which caused more stress because of the lack of patience to complete school tasks), etc. Other studies discovered that 34% experienced cyberbullying in general around the world. This concludes that cell phone use in schools can cause cyberbullying, which leads to death.

Cell Phones vs. Real-World Interactions: The Erosion of School Socialization

Thirdly, cell phone use in schools isn’t necessary because the socialization between students and their teachers will decrease (physical education as well as activities). Being on cell phones during class at school wouldn’t really help students with their social lives. We will always be on social media, playing games, instead of actually having fun with friends and doing school activities (enjoying the moment). About 68% are addicted to phones and aren’t really socializing with peers.

Socialization is a really important thing, especially for teenagers, because it reduces anxiety, suicide, and depression levels. Instead of living in real life and listening to birds sing outside, they get addicted to a fake world. It is a pretty ugly habit that’s frequently committed. Studies show that principals are worried about students in classrooms at school (with cell phones) because the latter will bring not only cell phones but other devices, such as Chromebooks, iPads, etc., in order to occupy themselves and “leave” the real world to have fun in their fictional one.

Scientists claim that socialization is extremely important because those interactions will give humans a chance to explore different things from people, and fitting into the larger world will make them learn how to communicate with others as well as share thoughts and feelings, which makes them feel better, healthier and more open. It will stabilize the society. Let’s take the example of the COVID-19 pandemic; ever since it started, a lot of people got separated and stopped interacting with each other. A poll recently showed that about 90% of the human population around the world wasn’t feeling as happy as they used to before the pandemic hit, simply because of the lack of interaction. That’s what causes bad mental health.

In conclusion, cell phones are definitely not essential in classrooms at school because they can be a source of distraction, can increase the risk of cyberbullying, which can lead to death, and can also decrease the amount of socialization between people. What if we look on the positive side? There are times when cell phones can actually save lives.

References

1. Anderson, J. (2022). “The Digital Distraction: How Cell Phones Impact Student Performance.” Educational Psychology Journal.
2. Kvalo, R. (2023). “Mobile Madness: Cell Phones in the Classroom and its Impact.” Education Today.
3. Thompson, L., & Patel, P. (2021). “Sleep Deprivation in Teens: A Public Health Crisis.” Journal of Adolescent Health.

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Educational background – Bacholers in Elementar

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Educational background – Bacholers in Elementary Education; working on Masters in Clinical mental Health 
Occupational background – childcare, teacher for 4 years 
This week you explored multiple factors that impact career development. You were also introduced to the Career Diamond Model that stresses career development as a cyclical process instead of a linear, one-time process. For this discussion, reflect on your educational and occupational history. Discuss relevant factors that were introduced in Chapter 2 that have impacted your personal career development. Integrate the Career Diamond Model and your results from the Career Planning Self-Assessment into your response.
Please use your professional and personal judgement regarding the information that you share with the class. Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed in this environment.
PART 2 
Describe the structural components of a clinical interview. Discuss special considerations during each stage and unique challenges that may present in establishing and maintaining rapport. After reviewing your state laws (LOUISIANA) and ethical code required, what ethical and legal considerations should you keep in mind? Include citations for your sources. Finally, consider the different phases of the clinical interview process. Which phase will be most challenging and why? Use your Clinical Interviewing text to assist your discussion. 

A presentation outline is an organizational tool that will help you organize you

A presentation outline is an organizational tool that will help you organize your thoughts and summarize what you want to share in your presentation. A well-written outline can help you create a logical flow for the information you present and keep you on track as you present. This can also help you make your message more clear and keep your audience interested in what you have to say.
10 slides in total regular word document form
atttached is example template