Written by Steven Barto, B.S., Psy. IT WAS FOUR IN the afternoon. I was driving along the river in my home town. It was the fourth decade of my struggle with active addiction. Overwhelmed with thoughts of utter failure, rabid hypocrisy and complete hopelessness, I started ruminating about the idea of suicide. Why not? It …
The Billy Graham of Generation Z?
Jordan Whitmer's zeal for evangelism and vision for a movement have some comparing his ministry to that of Billy Graham. And he's only 19. Hannah Stephens was 17 and in trouble with her parents. She had gotten caught stealing their tablet computer in order to chat with strangers online and subsequently grounded. "The only places …
Today’s Media: Content & Constraint
MEDIA IN THE 21st CENTURY Media today more than ever, in its various forms, has become the determiner of the thoughts and intents of our hearts and minds. This is a scary concept! The definition of the word media is the means of communicating information or ideas through publishing, radio, television, computers, smart phones, videos/DVDs, …
Teenagers, Monkeys, and Mirrors – Developing Self-Image in a Cyber-Addicted Society
Inside her classroom at Coral Springs Charter High School, Susana H. was in distress. The Florida teacher, seven months pregnant, was suddenly experiencing labor contractions. She sat down in a desk chair and struggled to endure the pain – her mouth open, her eyes wide, one hand on her brow. That's when one of her …
Mobilizing Citizen Science to Address the Overdose Epidemic
From the blog of Dr. Lora Volkow, National Institute of Drug Abuse, posted November 16, 2017. In the terrorist attack in New York City on October 31, citizens on the scene shared information and pictures in real time via their smartphones, using social media apps like SnapChat. The social media site recently introduced a location-sharing …
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