04/21/2013 Addictions/Drugs Freedom‚ family‚ and financial security are a value to the people in the United States. Some behaviors are frowned upon‚ such as crime‚ laziness‚ and the use of illegal drugs. Drug abuse and addiction is not all about how much is consumed but has to do with consequences. Illegal drugs and abusers are a plague to society because of the harmful effects on the user‚ their families and people they associate with. Because drug
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Sabrina Minton Mrs. Laura Ahmed English 3A 10-25-10 Verbal Abuse The reason why I choose this topic is because I have been a victim of verbal abuse. Many people know or have heard of someone that has been verbally abused. Many people including myself be suffer in silence and feel isolated. Many parts of human action‚ include the mind and heart. “As he thinks within himself‚ so he is”. What does a person think in his or her mind‚ and heart will be reflected and his or her words or actions. In
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Sexual abuse is a term used to describe one individual forcing another to commit a sexual act. Around the globe sexual abuse is much more common than people would like to think. In most cases‚ when we hear of sexual abuse we think about women or children. However‚ there are some instances where men are also sexual abused. For instance‚ there is a significant percentage of men incarcerated that experience sexual abuse at one point or another in their adult lives. Many factors play into these abuse cases
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work productivity is shortchanged when all alcoholics are considered. Yet according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)‚ some studies of primary care practices have shown that alcoholics receive an assessment by a medical professional and a referral to treatment only about 10 percent of the time.According to a study released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2004‚ in considering the state averages of the percentages of people with alcohol
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CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Child abuse is a phenomenon that has a long history and exists in various Cultures. Most countries have policies and programs that have the purpose of contributing to the well being of children‚ including preventing and reducing the risk of child abuses in many cases of child maltreatment‚ such policies and programs are sufficient and further maltreatment is not reported. Under the Presidential Decree no. 603‚ the child is one of the most important
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1) Thesis of the article #1 Nearly all drug use begins in the preadolescent or adolescent years. 2) Summary The focus of this article is on theories such as the gateway‚ psychological & sociological theories that cause drug abuse in youth. These theories demonstrate why drugs were used and under the circumstances in which they were most frequently consumed. The social theory of Parson’s structural functionalism explains how drug use is a symptom of the underlying social problems (Jacobs
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Elder abuse is something that sadly occurs more often than most of us seem to think it happen. I think this is because there has been such little studies and research done on this kind of abuse. The research we do have is relatively new‚ only since the late 1980s has it been a topic of research. Elder abuse‚ like other abuse‚ can be physical‚ verbal aggression‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect. Financial exploitation is also an abuse many elders face. The most surprisingly thing that I read through
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Child abuse Physical abuse is a form of a neglect it is when the parents or care givers are not providing the necessary needs of the child; such as not providing shelter for the child‚ and not supervising the child. Physical abuse is also defined as a physical force or violence’s that results in bodily injuries or pain. With the lack of supervision a child will be free to do whatever they want because they feel that there are no consequences. A child needs to have
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Substance Abuse The sociocultural theory‚ the behavioral/cognitive theory and the biological theory are all Viewpoints with which I agree. These viewpoints all share certain elements. The sociocultural theory holds that substance abuse results from stress and environmental factors. In situations where low socioeconomics and unemployment are evident‚ drugs are commonly used as a means of relief from stress. The behavioral/cognitive viewpoint sees the situational substance
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