2303 18 June 2013 Child Abuse Introduction I. The National Child Abuse Statistics stated that every six hours a child dies in the United States due to abuse or neglect. Child abuse is one of our nation ’s most serious public health problems. II. No‚ I was not abused nor have I witnessed abuse‚ but scientific studies show a link between child abuse and neglect of children and a wide range of medical‚ emotional‚ and behavioral disorders such as depression‚ alcohol abuse‚ drug addiction and juvenile
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Alcohol Abuse By: Rian Geraldine S. Alberto Alcohol • • • • Alcohol is a drink containing ethanol It is a lipid that is highly water soluble A psychoactive drug that has a depressant effect. Distribution: Ethanol is distributed equally in all body tissue according to water content. • Metabolism: A healthy body can metabolize 15ml of alcohol/hour • Alcohol is metabolized by the liver but 10% is excreted unchanged in the breath‚ sweat and the urine Metabolism of alcohol Alcohol Aldehyde
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TriolaProtecting those can’t Protect Themselves In the United States‚ a report of child abuse is made every second. Even worse than that‚ more than four children die per day as a result of child abuse. So why were these children not saved? Not all acts of child abuse are reported‚ even when someone notices it. Maybe it is because they do not want to jump to conclusion or they are scared. But imagine being that child‚ and how scared they are. Wouldn’t you want someone to notice if it were you? If we learn
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cruelty cases* reported in the media in 2007: • 64.5% (1‚212) involved dogs • 18% (337) involved cats • 25% (470) involved other animals • Reported abuse against pit bull-type dogs appears to be on the rise: in 2000–2001‚ pit bull-type dogs were involved in 13% of reported dog-abuse cases; in 2007‚ they were involved in 25% of reported dog-abuse cases. Millions of animals are abused each year. Over a million of these animals are abused or killed just due to the involvement with domestic violence
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online DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2013.763560 Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: How are Family Factors Related to Substance Use Change? Karine Bertrand‚ Ph.D.a ; Isabelle Richer‚ Ph.D.b ; Natacha Brunelle‚ Ph.D.c ; Isabelle Beaudoin‚ Ph.D.d ; Annie Lemieux‚ M.Sc.e & Jean-Marc Ménard‚ M.A.f Abstract — Parental involvement in adolescents’ substance abuse treatment is highly recommended‚ even though the mechanisms explaining how this favors youths’ recovery are not well understood. The
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changes in their lives? There are many methods in which people can be retreated and helped from domestic violence. Domestic violence is defined as emotional‚ physical‚ or sexual abuse between people of an intimate or family relationship. Emotional abuse‚ also referred to as mental or psychological abuse‚ is a form of abuse enacted by a person exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma including anxiety‚ chronic depression‚ or post-traumatic stress disorder. People in an emotionally
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Elderly Abuse and Neglect When discussing abuse and neglect we often think of children first. That being said‚ children are not the only ones who will be abused and/or neglected. In fact‚ this happens to some elderly as well. While some elderly may be productive enough to care for themselves‚ others are not. The end result is a complete (or close to complete) dependency on someone else for their needs. In addition‚ just like with children‚ this dependency can lead to abuse and/or neglect.
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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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Elder abuse is something that happens in every day society. In this paper you will find the history of elder abuse‚ the different types of abuse‚ case studies‚ statistical reports‚ and what can be done to improve the problem. Some may wonder why elder abuse even exists in a world that is supposed to love others. As people grow up they are taught to be kind and courteous to others‚ and to love one another. When elder abuse was first discovered in 1975 it was called the “granny battering” (Fulmer‚
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Identify two reports on serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. Write an account that describes the unsafe practices in the reviews. Below are 2 different accounts of abuse within hospitals and care homes. I will explain the alleged abuse against residents in their care. In the 1st Account I sourced the information from the following website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-14181646 The 2nd Account I sourced the information from the following website: http://www.birminghammail
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