Illicit and legal prescription abuse is an ongoing problem in the United States and it affects millions of people across the country. Many research studies have been conducted on the number of individuals who abuse illegal and legal drugs‚ from various cultures and social economic backgrounds‚ but much of the research has been found to be bias‚ stating it mostly affects minority groups and low income families. Substance abuse whether it’s used illegally or through prescribed medications from a person’s
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Abuse and Eating Disorders Silverchair. (1999). “Ana’s Song”: “And you’re my obsession. I love you to the bones And Ana wrecks your life‚ Like an anorexic life.” In 2011‚ The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported that one in four girls had experienced sexual abuse by the age of eighteen; this number excludes victims of psychological or physical abuse. Additionally‚ The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (1991) estimates that one
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Child Abuse Policy and Practice; A Comparison of the United States and Japan Jill McMahon 4/22/2010 Child Abuse Policy and Practice; A Comparison of the United States and Japan Abstract Child abuse is a present problem in every town‚ city‚ and country around the world. Child abuse crosses all races‚ religions and creeds. This intent of this paper is to compare and contrast child abuse law in the United States and Japan. Both the United States and Japan currently have child
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Domestic Violence and Abuse Abstract Domestic Violence is one of the most occurring situations found in the United States. This form of violence‚ also known as spousal abuse‚ happens within a relationship that is intimate or within a marriage. This particular issue seems to be found to affect women more often than men in varying ways such as injury or even death. Some of the injuries found in domestic violence cases are the head‚ neck‚ chest‚ face‚ breast‚ and abdomen‚ which are the most
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influence to talk to our teens and young adults? In my essay I will explain why it’s so important that schools and parents/caregivers need to both educate and talk to our young adults and teens. (205) Kara Gordon Prescription Drug Abuse among Teens and Young Adults Prescription drug misuse and overdose among teens and young adults is one of the fastest growing health epidemics in the United States. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine
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Substance Abuse and the Elderly Substance abuse in the elderly exists just as in any other population. Many seniors develop substance abuse problems due to circumstances or situations due to the aging process. A report by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that 17% of adults age 60 and older are affected by alcohol abuse and abuse of legal drugs. The report also states that a third of those seniors who abuse substances did
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Neuroticism in Association with Drug Abuse Kourtney Abstract Research on neuroticism‚ a primary division of personality‚ is extensive: many studies have found that scores of neuroticism are relate and are predictive of life stress‚ emotional and psychological disorders‚ and substance abuse. Personality was inventoried using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). An individual’s drug abuse was consistently evaluated in the literature by
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There are four main models of abuse: • The medical model • The sociological model • The psychological model • The feminist model (Green‚ 2007‚ p251) describes the models of abuse as follows: The medical model – this model sees the abuse as an illness or a disease needing a cure. In some cases there is the potential for a cycle of abuse; the abuser parent’s ability to parent appropriately may have been affected by poor attachments with the main carers in their lives‚ and this may
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months‚ and the last time we spoke she was doing well and taken a trip to Florida with her new boyfriend. Her mother began to tell me that Sonya was addicted to drugs as well as alcohol. She began to experience with alcohol a little after high school‚ which lead to the use of drugs. Sonya’s mother also explained to me that this boyfriend of hers was not good to her; he fed her the alcohol and drugs. He also abused her physically‚ verbally‚ and mentally. My heart was filled with so much
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America from abuse and neglect‚" according to Every Child Matters Education Fund (as cited by The National Children’s Alliance‚ 2009). This goes to show that child abuse is a major issue in today’s modern society. In fact‚ statistics show that there are over 3 million reports of child abuse each year in the United States alone (“National Child Abuse Statistics‚” n.d.). While the definition of child abuse and neglect changes from state to state‚ it is defined by The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and
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