Essays 991 - 1020
Spousal abuse -- which is defined as "a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors including physical, sexual, and psychological...
and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...
In ten pages this study examines intimate relationships and the incidence of psychological abuse and includes causes, abuser trait...
often likely to downplay the violence they are experiencing, even to doctors and health professionals (Dickson, 2004). It ...
2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...
setting so that it, too, reveals the contours of life instead of appearing as flat as the printed page. Lisa Brassard Mayer was n...
more male victims than non-clerical abusers. The fact that clerics had a lower offense rate in general suggests to the authors tha...
they are addicted and also when they feel that they cannot deal with the problems in life without the drug(Mayo Clinic Staff). W...
years, but it is difficult due to the different methodologies employed. What seems to be the case is that it is not easy to know h...
penalties for the abuse. In too many cases involving traditional native peoples, however, this also means that the victim is sepa...
the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...
The human rights abuse is discussed in depth. The concept is supported with quantitative research. There are twelve sources listed...
only be achieved when the contracting parties could not take advantage of one another. In cases of domestic violence, however, th...
difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...
or she does)" (Elder abuse and neglect, 2007). Abuse may also take the form of financial exploitation, when the caregiver steals f...
and booked for larceny or theft; more than 14 times more likely to be arrested and booked for such offenses as driving under the i...
Spousal violence has a history that stretches back to mankinds earliest chapters on earth. This...
In a paper of five pages, the writer discusses abuse in a family situation, its origins, prevalence and ramifications. The writer ...
is used to categorize symptoms and disorders to aid in a standardized diagnosis between professionals. This has led to an industry...
Safe and secure housing is but one of many rights withheld from those whose circumstances – whether through mental illness, financ...
families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...
clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...
students of history shudder to read the horrible human rights abuses that were inflicted upon slaves in the antebellum South. Howe...
were expected to endure within the confines of matrimony is now considered nothing short of abuse. That victims of domestic viole...
Unfortunately, discrimination and...
not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...
paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...
have learned to "fly" and to "sing," that is, that they have become responsible adults, capable of living and contributing to soci...
"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...
1879, closely followed by the Johns Hopkins University in the US in 1883. in 1890 James Cattell developed psychological tests, dev...