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Elder Neglect in Nursing Homes

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

The Abused Child and Ancillary Threats to Health and Welfare

degree of violence among todays adolescents that something has gone terribly wrong in American society. What has gone wrong has b...

The Misuse of Psychology

1879, closely followed by the Johns Hopkins University in the US in 1883. in 1890 James Cattell developed psychological tests, dev...

Case Scenario/Alcohol Abuse

"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...

Nursing Dilemma/Elder Abuse

a nurse to determine which elderly patients are being abused because a sense of shame or a desire to protect the family member who...

Traci West/Wounds of the Spirit

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

The Role of Gender in Domestic Violence

abuse anyway? Does it mean beating another human being exclusively or can other physically violent acts qualify? In studying this ...

Hydrocodone: An Overview

2004). Schedule II drugs, in comparison are not allowed to be refilled and: "are...

Domestic Abuse

to the specifics of the abuse. Denov (2004), for example, reports that the long term impacts of sexual abuse in children include ...

Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children

in the testimony that is presented and many of these cases illuminate the inconsistencies and short comings that exist within the ...

House Bill 250: Analysis

context notes the need for investigative teams to help differentiate whether abuse and/or neglect served as a direct cause of deat...

Suicidality and Depression in Young Children

Given that serious depression too often leads to suicide, it is a problem that simply cannot be ignored. Numerous factors enter i...

Social Work Case Management

or other individual. The goal of child welfare services is to provide an array of prevention and intervention services to children...

The Liza Minnelli Case

have been abused themselves will inevitably abuse others if in fact they do not get help. Simpson (2000) writes: "In those familie...

Child Development and Verbal Abuse

told repeatedly that one is "stupid" or "lazy" or "useless." Children internalize this message and consider themselves to be all t...

Should The United States Legalize Medical Marijuana Use?

of such states as Montana (Anonymous, 2005), Rhode Island (Roman, 2006) as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Ne...

The Nursing Issue of Drug and Alcohol Abuse among Nurses

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

Alcohol as a Drug Discussion

juice etc. This mixture of yeast and juice is left to ferment for several weeks in a container that does not allow air to enter, ...

Causes and Effects of Child Abuse

harm in which a child sustains physical damage and emotional harm in which the charge is endangered psychologically. This harm ca...

Punishing Abuse

two of which occurred while she was incarcerated (Ackerman, 2004). Psychiatric patients are forbidden to engage in sex, "but San...

Domestic Abuse Cases and the 1973 Stockholm Syndrome

the issues, and potential solutions, for domestic violence more understandable. These methodologies are only applicable, however,...

Traditional Practices and Child Abuse Distinctions?

an overseeing entity be in place that looks out for the interest of those that cannot look out for themselves....

Cocaine Use by Teens, Causes and Effects

more quickly than that (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). The most negative aspect of cocaine use is of course the possibility o...

Incarceration v. Rehabilitation in the Drug Abuse Issue

The view that incarceration is not the solution for drug abuse is supported by a wide cross-section of our population. Author Jam...

Arguing in Favor of Reallocating Funds for Programs Involving Drug Abuse and Alcohol Treatment

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

Drug Abuse Sociological and Psychological Causative Factors

author Nick Davies investigates the problems of drug abuse in Britains largest cities. The slums, ghettos, and red-light areas he...

Literature Relevant to Adolescent Developmental Disorders

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

Drug Abuse and the Influences of Psychology and Sociology

haven for crime, violence and poverty. The inner cities of one city are no different than the inner cities anywhere else around t...

Stepparents and Child Sexual Abuse

fiction? Before examining this issue in greater detail, it should be noted that scientific research oftentimes classifies any ins...

Delinquency and Child Abuse Connection

1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...