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  2. Mental disorders in fiction - Wikipedia

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    A story about a teenager's descent into madness. Thirteen Reasons Why, 2007 novel by Jay Asher. About a teenage girl who is suffering from depression which results in suicide. Many other characters are also suffering from mental illnesses including bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, and also depression. Saint Jude, 2011 [1] novel by Dawn Wilson. Suffering ...

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Views vary with geography and culture, over time, and among individuals. Many terms that some people view as harmful are not viewed as hurtful by others, and even where some people are hurt by certain terms, others may be hurt by the replacement of such terms with what they consider to be euphemisms (e.g., "differently abled" or "special needs ...

  4. Euphemism - Wikipedia

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    A euphemism (/ ˈ juː f ə m ɪ z əm / YOO-fə-miz-əm) is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant. [1] Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the user wishes to downplay.

  5. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Euphemism Send one to Eternity or to the Promised Land To kill someone Literary: Go/send to Belize To die/to kill somebody Euphemism From Season 5 of the television series Breaking Bad: Send (or go) to the farm To die Euphemism Usually referring to the death of a pet, especially if the owners are parents of young children e.g.

  6. Mental health in education - Wikipedia

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    Mental health in education is the impact that mental health (including emotional, psychological, and social well-being) has on educational performance.Mental health often viewed as an adult issue, but in fact, almost half of adolescents in the United States are affected by mental disorders, and about 20% of these are categorized as “severe.” [1] Mental health issues can pose a huge problem ...

  7. Marigolds (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The story draws from Collier's early life in rural Maryland during the Great Depression. Its themes include poverty, maturity and the relationship between innocence and compassion. [ 1 ] While teaching literature at the Community College of Baltimore County , she published "Marigolds" in Negro Digest , and it won the inaugural Gwendolyn Brooks ...

  8. Depression in childhood and adolescence - Wikipedia

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    About 8% of children and adolescents suffer from depression. [7] In 2016, 51% of students (teens) who visited a counseling center reported having anxiety, followed by depression (41%), relationship concerns (34%) and suicidal ideation (20.5%). [8] Many students reported experiencing multiple conditions at once.

  9. Depressive anxiety - Wikipedia

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    Depressive anxiety is a term developed in relation to the depressive position by Melanie Klein, building on Freud's seminal article on object relations of 1917, 'Mourning and Melancholia'. [1] Depressive anxiety revolved around a felt state of inner danger produced by the fear of having harmed good internal objects [ 2 ] - as opposed to the ...