One of the methods used by the researchers were surveys sent out to all mental health professionals. ... According to the article, a majority of the respondents of mental health clients had experienced childhood sexual abuse (Science-Direct, 2002). Journal of interpersonal Violence: "Family environment and childhood sexual victimization: a test of the buffering hypothesis" is an article that discussed how much of a role the family environment has on an abused victim. ... Jackson and Ray (1997) states, "Considerable evidence indicates that a supportive family environment may serve as a bu...

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Normal early childhood development is a very important social determinant of health. ... In turn, complications in early childhood development can have a lifelong effect on emotional and social health and well-being. ... A general consensus is that parental alcoholism or alcohol abuse creates a chaotic family environment that has lasting negative effects on children (Logue, Sher, Frensch, 1992). ... Obviously, intimate relationships are crucial to adult mental, emotional, and social health. ... There is some pressure on health practitioners to help protect these children, and society, from...

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An estimated 3.3 million children aged 3 to 17 years may witness domestic abuse of a parent every year in the United States ("Health Plus"). ... Children depend on their parents to provide a safe, stable and predictable environment. ... As with preschoolers, school-age children exposed to domestic violence are more prone to show an increase in sleep disturbances, and less likely to investigate and play freely and to show motivation to control their environment (Katz 157). ... Individual therapy is specified for children who show extreme symptoms, even though approaches vary ("Health Plus". ......

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Furthermore, as a social worker, you will work with families in their homes and environments. ... Myth I won't need to know much about social justice issues or cultural competency because the children in CPS have been severely physically abused or sexually abused by deviant parents with mental health problems that stem entirely from psychological deficiencies that are unrelated to their environments. ... Many parents involved with CPS have mental health problems including substance abuse. However, it is not necessarily always these mental health issues that created the conditions wh...

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Individuals tend to experience both poor physical and mental health. ... Gynecological problems are the longest lasting and largest physical health difference between women who are physically abused and those who are not. ... Domestic violence is also associated with numerous mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic disorders, eating disorders, and psychoses. It may lead to the development of mental health problems and exacerbate existing illnesses. ... Professionals can alleviate the victims' feelings of shame, fear, and isolation by encouraging patient dis...

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It takes into consideration a number of risk factors that affect a child's parental and familial environment, and analyzes these collectively to produce a total risk overview. ... Safeguarding is a broad term that encompasses protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of health and development and ensuring children have safe and effective care. ... Lyon (2002) states that harm is defined by Section 31 of the Children Act 1989 as meaning "ill treatment or the impairment of health or development." ... All health care organizations have a duty outlined in legislation, suc...

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These children, because of their complex histories of abuse, neglect, and pre-natal drug/alcohol abuse, have difficulty concentrating, bonding, and fitting into a school environment. ... Children with attachment disorders thrive in environments that are stable, emotionally responsive, and predictable. ...

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Teachers must provide an environment which each student feels comfortable in for them to develop social and learning skills. ... This aggressive behavior from the perpetrator may progressively "affect the health of some children, both mentally and physically, in both the short term and the long term" (Rigby,K. 1999). ... The reason being is due to schools not lawfully governing the proper procedures and policies in maintaining an environment which is safe from students being injured. ... Child sexual abuse can occur in any social environment, from the household to the school yard, ch...

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Department of Health and Human Services Administration (2012), child sexual abuse is any sexual activity with a child by an adult, an adolescent, or an older child. ... Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families fall under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. ... People are able to making positive changes if obstacles in their environment do not prevent them from doing so. ... According to Banyard and LaPlant (2002), states that the last several decades society has seen important advances in our understanding of the widespread problem of child ...

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One article I examined to support my claim focuses on four decision determinants including: financial independence, witness of parental abuse, the mental health of the victim and the amount of time it took police officers to arrive on the scene of the crime. ... Low self-esteem has found to be crippling to woman who wish to leave this type of environment as well. ... Whether a woman makes the decision to leave or stay is significantly impacted by the state of their mental health. ... Mental health proves to be a predominant factor that influences victims to stay in an abusive relationship. ...

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Domestic violence survivors are at a high risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or stress-related mental health conditions. ... Counseling sessions provide a safe and confidential environment for survivors to express their feelings, thoughts and fears. ... Domestic violence violates our current societies' health and welfare. ...

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The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the problem is far more pervasive and terrible than it was ever thought to be and that the myths which had previously rationalized why such violence occurred between men and women who supposedly loved each other are untrue. Every minute in the United States, four women are beaten by a significant ...

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In fact, in North Carolina it is the "number one public health issue facing women and children. " While laws have been put into effect that provide for the safety and welfare of the abused parent, little consideration has been afforded to the children in these situations. ... Putting into place the "rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child to be placed in the custody of the nonoffending primary caregiver " would provide for a safe and secure environment for the children. ...

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Although there are many reasons this is true, it could simply be because of the home environment children have during school. ... Data from the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent health showed that girls experienced childhood physical abuse were 1-7 percent more likely to be perpetrators of violence (Long-term). ...

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Introduction There are many health risks associated with playing sport, whether young or old. ... There are however, several health risks which are less openly recognised and that some people even try to divert attention from the problems instead of facing up to them and putting procedures in place to try and prevent them. ... Anderson (1994: 4) sees it as creating "a holistic, destructive environment that erodes self esteem, confidence and trust-. ... In this context, the athletes become child labourers, and this, according to Coakley (1998: 122), "occurs outside government regulat...

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"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. Feminists drew attention to the fact that rape (then conceptualised as sexual ...

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