1. There are many issues in this case that center around physical abuse. Jenny’s father has a short temper and he gets angry very often. He recently came home drunk‚ and beat her and called her out of her name. Jenny’s boyfriend‚ Andrew also has a temper that he takes out on her. He has physically slapped and beaten her‚ and has gotten her to isolate herself from her friends due to his possessive behavior. She is now pregnant with his child‚ and still in high school. The police recently have been
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Sam Doueiri Edgar Allan Poe and substance abuse The Bottled Curse Edgar Allan Poe was one of America’s most celebrated poet and story teller. His life started early with misfortune. Both of his parents were already dead‚ when Edgar was 3 years old. His father died of tuberculosis and his mother died of tuberculosis and pneumonia. He was adopted and attended school until he was 17 years old. He started the abuse of alcohol with 17 and he started gambling. As his adopting father figured out
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EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION Drugs are chemical substances either synthetic or natural when taken that alter the normal physiological functioning of the body. Drug abuse relates to excessive use of psychotropic substances resulting to changes in behavior and normal functioning of the body. This paper looks into the effects of drug abuse (on academic performance)‚ the common drugs abused and ways and means of mitigating the same. It also looks into the common
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African American female who presented as calm and mild mannered during the assessment. The client is an 8th grader at Elko Middle School. In 2016‚ while receiving services from Village Youth and Family Services the client was given the diagnoses of Depression‚ Unspecified by Dr. Madison. During this time the client was prescribed Duloretine HCL. The client’s mother advised she first noticed depressive symptoms in the client after the death of her father (the client’s grandfather) in 2010. The client’s
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Carla was suffering financial abuse from her neighbour someone who she thought she could trust and was doing her a favour‚ Because Carla had a supportive relationship with her support worker this helped stop the abuse that she was suffering‚ and because Carla was able to explain to her support worker what has went on the support worker was able to take immediate action‚ She
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2007 - 2011‚ and addresses the phenomena of adolescent substance abuse in the African American demographic. Additionally‚ this literature review will address documented causes of adolescent substance abuse as presented by psychologists‚ psychiatrists‚ educators‚ government officials‚ urban-policy researchers‚ addiction counselors and human service professionals. Opposing views will be presented by various experts on the subject of substance abuse among the African American adolescent population. This
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This is my report on the abuse that occurred in winter Bourne view care home at Hambrooke‚ south Gloucestershire in England. It’s about the 11 defendants that admitted 38 charges of either neglect or ill treatment of five people with severe learning difficulties after being filmed secretly by a reporter for the BCCs panorama programme. It was operated by castle beck. The home opened in 2006 and by 2010 it had a turnover of £3.7m as the average weekly fee for a patient was £3.500. In the panorama
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Discerning the atrocious epidemic that we as Americans are facing from opioid abuse began from pain management problems that is subjective to individual patients; the patient’s sensation is what we must believe and respect. Additionally‚ drug companies’ drug representatives have convinced doctors that opiates such as Vicodin‚ OxyContin are not addictive drugs. They are‚ also‚ advertising narcotics as the drug of choice for doctors to offer their patients to help with their pain symptoms. Back in
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following essay is a case study of a client named John who is suffering from major depression and was sent to see me for treatment by his concerned wife. I will provide brief background information about John then further discuss interventions and strategies I believe can be applied in each session with my client in order to make John’s life more manageable. In the essay‚ I will be writing as the therapist‚ and the sessions are based on a ten week period. BACKGROUND INFORMATION (Case History) A 27-year-old
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Jeffrey was not very popular in high school. He played the clarinet‚ tennis‚ and wrote for the school paper. He also had a history of alcohol abuse‚ which will continue for the rest of life. A classmate recalls Jeffrey drinking cups of scotch at his desk. Though unpopular‚ he was known for a lot of pranks including bleating like a sheep‚ shouting out things at strange times‚ and faking epileptic fits. In addition around age fourteen‚ his compulsions in regard to necrophilia and murder began. Dahmer
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