The three issues I am interested in are the risk/benefits of antidepressants to treat depression in adolescents, whaling in Japan, and cloning. I am a psychology major and have always been interested in depression in adolescents so at first I thought that is what I was going to be writing my paper on for sure. While searching for articles, however, I found a lot of credible sources but found it hard to find any sources supporting the use of antidepressants. Most of what I found was articles about antidepressants and their suicidal effects on adolescents. While researching cloning, I decided that it was not going to be the topic for me. The journals and articles that I found related to cloning were extremely scientific and hard to understand. I realized that cloning is too broad a topic and if I want to research it further I would need to narrow it down to stem cells or some other subtopic. The topic I am beginning to lean towards is whaling in Japan. What first sparked my interest of this issue was the award-winning documentary “The Cove”. The documentary focused on the killing of dolphins in Japan and touched on the issue of whaling and Japan’s reluctance to comply with global regulations. Upon researching the topic, I found a balance of articles that explained the traditional and economic need for whaling in the eyes of Japan and articles condemning the practice as cruel and excessive. Overall, I am leaning towards whaling in Japan as a topic and I have found that Google Scholar is the most helpful search engine.
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