Substance abuse‚ also known as drug abuse‚ is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical professionals. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited to mood-altering or psycho-active drugs. If an activity is performed using the objects against the rules and policies of the matter (as in steroids for performance enhancement in sports)‚ it is also called substance abuse. Therefore‚ mood-altering
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research question and justify why you are interested in the answer to this question How childhood abuse affects mental illness in adults? Not everyone that experiences child abuse will show symptoms‚ but the effects of childhood abuse can influence adulthood behavior. Some people are not able to recover from the devastating effects of childhood trauma and waste their potential on substance abuse or other illicit lifestyles. They can end up in prison‚ uneducated and develop self destructive behaviors
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on an issue that is slowly making our society hollow and will cause a major collapse of all value systems if timely action is not taken. It can be very difficult to talk about child abuse or more specifically child sexual abuse‚ which we are discussing today‚ and even more difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse of children of all ages including infants happens every day. This has become the subject of great community concern and the focus of many legislative and professional initiatives.
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Evidence of abuse is important so it needs to be preserved‚ this can be done in a variety of different ways. You can preserve evidence by only touching things you need to‚ securing all evidence somewhere it can not be tampered with by anyone‚ keeping logs of all conversations involving the abuse and keeping all relevant people up to date with details as often as possible‚ also taking photographs is a good way of preserving evidence. However the best way to preserve evidence is to inform the relevant
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Child Abuse Child abuse is one of the biggest problems facing America today. Children whose parents abuse them often turn to a life of crime‚ or suffer physical or mental scars. In severe cases the child may even die. In Saint Louis a boy was attacked by a pack of dogs‚ after he had finished playing basketball at the local court. If his mother had reported him missing he may have been found in time to rescue him‚ instead he bled to death under a tree(De Jong). Of course this is an extreme case of
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Research Question: Why is the abuse of Adderall on the rise with college and high school students? I picked this question because I have been hearing a lot about the rise in popularity of Adderall use among students. I also remembered Officer Rimell talking about it during her drug presentation. I wanted to find out why Adderall is being used‚ what it is being used for and why it is so popular among students. Imagine being in college‚ you’re stressed beyond anything you can imagine and you need
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2014 Why the Law on Verbal Abuse Should Not Be Implemented Is abuse limited to the scars that only the eyes can see? As the common saying goes‚ “There is more than what meets the eye.” What is verbal abuse exactly? Verbal abuse includes labelling‚ name-calling and being offensive through words towards a person. Verbal Abuse can greatly affect a person’s emotional and mental stability which creates pain and anguish. There is a wrong notion that this type of abuse is the least harmful that is
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Responsibilities to Report Child Abuse LaDonne Wagner Virginia College Online Most people feel that it is an honor to become a health worker and cherish the fact that they are helping others become healthier everyday. In becoming a health care worker there are many responsibilities that come along with the job. Some basic responsibilities are to be as kind and welcoming as possible to make your patient feel calm and comfortable. But what are you to do when you encounter a situation where
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What is elder abuse? Elder abuse is a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action‚ occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust‚ which causes harm or distress to an older person. (Wikipedia.org) Elder abuse is occurring more than it is acknowledged. The human life span is growing. People are living longer. People are reaching 85 and older and therefore they require more services. Elder adults go through many changes as they age causing them to rely on people
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Jabria 1 Jabria Pittman Ms.Barnes English 1 23 April 2013 Emotional Child Abuse Have you ever been a victim of emotional child abuse? 204‚500 of children recorded is emotionally abused. There are several reasons why emotional child abuse impacts our society due to child behavior‚childs future‚ and recovery of the abused child. Emotional child abuse is when you are verbally harmed. It could be something like calling a child out of his or her name or telling them that they are a mistake on this earth
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