Parks, Peggy J.

"Only since the 1990s have researchers and health officials known about the alarmingly high prevalence of childhood trauma, and the harm it can cause. Trauma during childhood has been associated with numerous mental disorders and physical illnesses among children, adolescents, and adults, and a growing number of experts are calling it a public health crisis. The prevalence of childhood trauma is covered, as is how it affects children and adolescents, the long-term damage it can cause, and the urgent need for solutions to the problem"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the techniques used and difficulties faced in building Egypt's Aswan High Dam, which tamed the vital waters of the Nile and changed the lives of Egyptians, as well as 100,000 Nubians displaced by the reservoir.

Sex discrimination (also known as gender discrimination) involves treating employees unequally and/or unfavorably because of their gender. Although men as well as women may encounter sex discrimination, it affects women far more often than men. Sex Discrimination examines what this discrimination entails, how it is manifested, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address this discrimination.

From anxiety disorders and depression to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia, young people can be stricken with many different mental illnesses. Each of these illnesses has its own symptoms, characteristics, and severity. Kids and Mental Illness presents a realistic picture of these conditions, what is known about their causes, what it's like to live with them, and the latest on treatments and cures.

Religious discrimination affects people of all different faiths, from Judaism and Christianity to Islam, whose followers are known as Muslims. Research has shown that Muslims face religious discrimination the most of any religious group, followed by Jews. Religious Discrimination examines what this discrimination entails, how it is manifested, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address this discrimination.

The term "racial discrimination" refers to people being treated unequally and unfairly solely because of their race. Although it is a considered a problem throughout the United States, not everyone agrees about the seriousness of it. Racial Discrimination examines what this discrimination entails, how it is manifested, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address this discrimination.

Explains what post-traumatic stress disorder is, what causes it, how it affects daily life, possible treatments, and how people overcome it or learn to live with it.

"Explores the history of the Black Lives Matter movement, the formidable, often controverisal civil rights movement that seeks equality and fair treatment of black citizens by law enforcement and society as a whole.".

Explores how science is being used to create sustainable wildlife habitats.

More than 2.2 billion people worldwide are active on social media—a full 30 percent of the global population. In this book readers will learn how Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and other social media, have become an integral part of people’s lives, affecting their attitudes, relationships, mental health—and personal safety.