Category: SP17 E04: Open Strong

Mental health does not, by any means, ensure a healthy life or healthy choices. However, many people claim that practices such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) should be reserved only for the mentally ill, the people who need help controlling their lives. But normal, “healthy” college students need help as well; the majority of them have experience with violence, suicidal ideations, and binge drinking. These are all examples of dysregulations in their lives, the very problems that DBT promises to help with. College students, both the healthy and the mentally ill, could all benefit from practicing DBT.

 

Mentally healthy people make some very unhealthy choices, but refuse to do anything about it, such as practice Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). We, as a society, squander away practices such as this, claiming that they are only necessary for the mentally ill. We stigmatize them, praising the health of people who make their own terrible decisions- messing up their life without the help of any therapeutic practice. Many college students do just this, experiencing dysregulation by way of binge drinking, suicidal ideation, and relationship violence. This dysregulation could be avoided by practicing DBT regularly, and could help all college students become healthier, happier people.

When you hear the Police Officer oath of “Protect and Serve”, What comes to mind ? Over the past year, there has been an increase in police involved shootings where many citizens , who are unarmed, are injured by officers. Based on current research , these acts of violence involve citizens who are also African- Americans. In this paper, I will discuss how African American males are historically perceived targets of these senseless acts.

With over 300 million persons in the United States, it seems illogical the most political beliefs fall in to one of two categories known as parties. Despite most Americans hating both presidential candidates in the 2016 election, most of them will still vote for one of the two major party candidates. While third party candidates have gotten significantly more attention this year than any other year, the people in the US have largely ignored them. The two party system is a failure to the United States and a failure to democracy as a whole.