Substance Abuse Among the Elderly Substance abuse is widely recognized as one of the most serious social‚ ethical‚ and legal problems of the modern day‚ but few people realize how serious this issue affects the elderly population of the United States. Substance abuse is generally considered to be a problem of early adulthood‚ however‚ the truth is that substance abuse impacts older Americans on a large scale‚ and must be addressed through a multifaceted approach in which nurses play a key role. This
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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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Effects of Drug Abuse on Teens The article that I have chosen to do my Healthy Living Media Project on is “The Effects of Drug Abuse on Teens.” I found this article on the Internet and it came from a rehabilitation centre called Casa Palmera. The article that I have chosen talks about the most commonly abused drugs by teens‚ signs of drug abuse as well as the effects of drug abuse on teens and teen drug rehab. Unfortunately experimenting with drugs can lead to drug abuse and addiction and
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the workplace” (Frone‚ 2006‚ p. 856). Substance abuse affects many in the workplace‚ and the individual’s drug or alcohol mistreatment has a harmful impact in various division of the workplace. Workers who dependent on drugs or alcohol can demonstrate low enthusiasm and be deficient in awareness of detail. When several staff engages in drug abuse‚ the complete work team can endure the effects. Along with the numerous harmful consequences of drug abuse in the workforce is the considerable financial
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The Causes of Child Abuse After battling for her life for six days‚ suspected child abuse victim‚ 14 month old Nurain Damia Mohd Naqudden‚ die from her injuries yesterday morning. Petaling‚ Jaya Police chief ACP Azmi Aby Kassim said the toddler succumbed to her injuries at Sungai Buloh Hospital at 8.20 am. He said Nurain Damia has slipped into a comma a day after she was rushed to the hospital and her condition did not improve from that point. Police have remanded and are interrogating the girl’s
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Benefits of Cell Phone Technology in the Classroom Belicia Navy JRN 412 Advanced editorial and feature writing Professor Sasha Rae June 24‚ 2012 Benefits of Cell Phone Technology in the Classroom Technology had become engrained in our society. Everywhere people are using cell phones‚ including children and teenagers. Cell phone technology and technology in general have change the way we do everything in our society. Technology has dramatically altered our world. They have become a necessary
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Animal abuse Thesis: Animal abuse usually happens when the owner is going through emotional issues I: Animal cruelty is widely known and one of the most committed cases A. Animal cruelty can be beating a animal or refusing to take care or the animal B. Animal cruelty usually happens with teenage males who grew up in a abusive home. II: Most serial killers in America start off by abusing or killing pets or growing up in a abusive home A. If people can stop this abuse it can reduce the
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parents instinctive desire to protect is unrealized and children are thereby exposed to the risk of child abuse. Thus begins the cycle of abuse‚ which‚ once started‚ cannot be stopped. Determining and moderating the causes of child abuse have been central objectives in all research‚ theory and methods of intervention in this complex area (Gelles and Loseke 1993). A recurrent theme in the child abuse literature for some time has been the notion that it is maltreated children who become abusive parents
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Level 3 Assessment Unit 4: Understand how to safeguard the welfare of children and young people Y/601/1695 Credit Value 3 Your details |Name: Jatinder Kaur Randhawa |School: Willow Primary School | |OCR Candidate Number: |Date:
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