“How can a parents substance abuse and deteriorating mental health effect the individuals children, as well as their childs mental and emotional health? “. This is the research question I decided to write on , it is something i am very passionate on spreading awareness about. What mainly sparked my interest in this topic was my personal experience. I do believe that the question is relevant to social action since it is something that several people have experienced in their life. But i do think that it can be cut down if people decided to reach out for help. My timeline for completing my research for secondary sources would be 10/23, because by then I would have read and analyzed my sources properly enough to give an explanation or summary of the sources. As well as be able to give proper insight and context when explaining a citation/quote/evidence. My audience would be social workers as well as mental health workers or just parents dealing with substance abuse. As of yet, i don’t have a model essay.

Sources I have so far:

https://www-clinicalkey-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S0145213421002751?returnurl=null&referrer=null

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673843.2021.1908376

https://go-gale-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=cuny_ccny&id=GALE%7CA661457952&v=2.1&it=r

https://www-sciencedirect-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/science/article/pii/S0145213421002040

https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/doi/full/10.1111/scs.12868

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The research question I have chosen for essay #2 is, how does social media have an impact on people’s mental health? I chose this question because I thought it would be important to inform others how social media can influence the minds of people nowadays. I also think that it is important for people to understand why social shouldn’t reflect on your lives. All research for secondary sources should be completed by Friday the 22nd.

The intended audience for my topic are the people who reflect their lives on social media. I think it is important for these people to know that you don’t have to make your life seem perfect or be just like everyone else. For one of the articles I have looked at already, it talked about how technology has advanced over the years and social media is playing a big role in the lives of the youth. The article communicated that social media had an influence on people’s lives that would affect the behavior of some. Here is the link to my model essay: https://digitalcommons.psjhealth.org/publications/1093/

The link to my google scholar source is: https://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/81/2/116?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=North_Carolina_Medical_Journal_TrendMD_0

For my second essay, I decided to stick with the topic of gender inequality but mainly, women and the workplace. In my first essay, I spoke about how many women have a hard time balancing their work-life and their personal life and because of this, many women have suffered career-wise and mentally. One in five women in the United States experienced a mental health condition in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office and many women can experience mental illness differently than their male coworkers. Many workplaces have dismissed mental illness as a sign of weakness in someone whom they believe should not be working. Because of this, many women end up leaving their jobs and careers behind.

This topic interested me mainly because I believe that mental health is very important, especially for women. Any different life events and hormonal changes can affect a women’s mental health drastically. Around one in five women has a common mental health problem such as anxiety, depression, or self-harm. Because of society’s views on women, many women internalize their feelings. Personally, I do not think this is a good thing. Internalizing feelings can lead to many more mental health issues and women, by virtue of being half of our population. To add to this, having a healthy workforce that shows up to work in a good frame of mind, ready to work benefits everyone and without acknowledging mental health in the workplace can lead to a negative impact on productivity and profits, as well as an increase in costs to deal with the issue.

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-in-the-workplace

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-in-the-workplace

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/w/women-and-mental-health

For my research, the topic I chose is gun violence and my question is “how can we effectively stop/reduce gun violence in the US?”. I chose this topic because it’s very significant and affects a lot of people in the US and all over the world. Over the years gun violance has drasticllay increased and thats what interests me and motivated me to ask the question “how we effecttivly stop/reduce gun violance in the US”. My audience for this essay will be the American people/citizens and people of a higher power as in state agencies and the federal bureau. This would be my audience because we/ people are directly affected by this and are the only ones who could make this stop because we are the ones causing it. I also put the state agncies and the federal beura because theyre the ones who control and have access to guns. I have a model essay below for which my essay is appropriate to it shows ways that we can stop/ reduce gun violence. Investment in Violence Intervention is a Positive First Step to Address Gun Violence. – Document – Gale Academic OneFile (cuny.edu)In this article it talks about steps that could be taken to address gun violance. By the 19th of October, I would have organized my research proposal. For my research sources I hope to have completed them before the due date which is the 22nd of October, by the 25th I should have an outline of my draft and by the 29th I should have been done with my final draft.