Category: Others
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The Abused Woman: A Survivor Therapy Approach
As I am always interested in healing therapy, I was caught by the video title “The Abused Woman: A Survivor Therapy Approach.” At first, I found it somehow related to one of the PSYC 821, which is Domestic Violence. The video, a documentary film, turns out to be a sufficient source of information on therapy…
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Native children have the same rate of PTSD as combat veterans
The report starts with the shocking figures that “American Indian and Alaskan Native children experience PTSD at the same rate as veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Furthermore, the Department of Justice advisory committee indicated that “22 percent of American-Indian and Alaskan Native juveniles have PTSD, three times higher than the national rate”…
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Victim blaming: when victims “raped” more than one
Warshaw’s book Chapter 9 examines (1) two cases of women who reported rape and how they experience different reactions from the police and the courts, (2) the barriers of making rape cases in the criminal courts, and difficulties in Proving acquainted rapes (3) the alternative way of justice by civil courts and University Judicial Boards.
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NVAWS, NISVS, AAU &CCSVS: many numbers, many truths
(Short comments on Tjaden & Thoennes (2000), The National Violence Against Women Survey-NVAWS) The reports aim at examining the prevalence of (1) Physical assault they experienced as children by adult caretakers, (2) Physical assault they experienced as adults by any type of assailant, and (3) Forcible rape and stalking they experienced at any time in…
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Lại là tự học tiếng Anh
Mình thấy rất nhiều chị em hỏi kinh nghiệm việc học TA. Mình sinh ra và lớn lên ở nông thôn miền Bắc Việt Nam, gia đình cũng không khá giả gì, học hành cũng gọi là được đi. Nhưng mà suốt từ lớp 6 đến hết đại học không nói được TA. Đi làm…
Nhung Nguyen 