The following paragraphs will describe the health profile of an alcoholic family, explain the high-risk conditions associated with the alcoholic family, and the associated behavior patterns. ... Health Profile of the Alcoholic Family According to Healthy People 2020 (n.d.), an estimated 22 million Americans suffer from substance abuse or alcohol dependence. ... The goal of Healthy People 2020 (n.d.), related to substance abuse is to reduce the abuse and protect the health, safety and quality of life for all, especially children. ... Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Bartek, Lindeman, & H...

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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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Education in a learning environment is a foundation each and every child is given to ensure their future success and with a parental figure missing, may prove to show future difficulties. ... The last factor being looked at will be the child's health. ... With that said, a child's education, their behaviour and their health are all correlated with having a non-residential or absent parent in their lives. ... Without this consistency from a parent, the child may feel as though they are being abandoned, and disconnect themselves from that environment. ... Lastly, vaguely briefed on i...

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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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According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 125,000 children are adopted each year in America. ... It is understood that not every person desiring to adopt is not fit for reasons ranging from financial to health to living situation. ... This higher level of engagement leads greater care in providing a nurturing environment for a child. ... Studies have shown that children of same-sex couples fare no worse than their peers in the areas of mental health, social functioning, and school performance (Pappas 3). ...

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They undergo increased proportions of mental health and trauma related obstacles. ... Service members may be returning from a hostile environment where they were in constant fear for survival. ... Conclusion Military families must develop an efficient support system which, could or could not involve, social workers, mental health professionals, welfare configurations, educators and school staff, or extended family members (National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, 2010). ... Lack of suitable mental health support systems for these families may cause them to be...

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As a result, the young adult will have declined competency and morale in the work environment. ... Current research on parental bereavement have associated poor health conditions such as depression symptoms, low self-confidence, low academic qualifications and poor family support in bereaved young adults. ... Ultimately, the bereaved young adults may end up with mental disorders such as depression resulting to poor physical health. ... The new environment of not living with her sister compounded her feeling of loneliness, since her grandmother was very old unlike her sister. ... In addition, m...

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Abstract Divorce has many negative effects on the couple's children, including a weaker relationship with their parents, a negative view on future relationships, worse mental health, and increased chance of substance abuse. ... Also, children of divorced parents tend to have significantly worse mental health and are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. ... Children of divorced parents tend to have significantly worse mental health than children of married parents. ... Some of these effects include a weaker relationship with their parents, a negative view on future relationships, worse...

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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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Benefits of these regulations to employers include are enforcing a positive work environment by enabling employees to leave & come back to work refreshed & will & be able to increase productivity, reduce stress, improve moral & commitment & increase staff retention. ... A safe work place environment is a right of all employees & is an important factor in the well being of all workers. The NSW Occupational Health & Safety Act 1985 describes the general requirements for workplaces & goes on the focus of prevention, rehabilitati...

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As long as words such as stability, financial security, health or quality of life are often mentioned in various media among the most important aspects of our lives we should consider marriage a way to improve our lives and this is exactly what I will try to prove in this essay. ... That's certainly true, but still, marriage symbolizes the willingness of both parties to sacrifice a bit of their freedom, not only personal in order to provide a stable environment, but also from the financial point of view and that certainly means something. ... Living a happy family life in a stress free en...

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Women who receive low income or welfare tend to suffer from symptoms of depression; their work environment suffers as well as their families and children. ... Due to all these difficulties in the work environment, it can sometimes leave the women jobless and forced to go on welfare suffering even more with depression. ... My hometown is Chicago, IL, and having a report from the Mental Health and Welfare Reform stating that the, "Results of the 1999-2000 Illinois Families Study survey [found] that 23% of the current and former welfare recipients interviewed had symptoms of depression" say mo...

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The children of those families suffer from low health and hygiene, they are usually neglected due to large number of siblings, and also, they start working when they are really young to support their families. ... Like there is lack of health facilities, unemployment allowance, social amenities by the government, good public education services, and almost no protection from abuse at home or outside. ... For example, let's assume that a person would want to go out and work hard to earn money but the area has curfew, if there is little stability in the environment of a person, he or she wou...

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The fact that a father is present in the family structure does not always mean it will be a positive environment for child-rearing. ... Although marriage is often viewed as something a woman is more enthusiastic about than a man, studies have shown that "married women have poorer mental health, less happiness, and more passive attitudes toward life than single women do" (Macionis 2002: 346). ... However, it has also been shown that "marriage could be healthful for women if husbands did not dominate wives and expect them to do almost all the housework research confirms that the wives and husb...

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This shows that it is important to the emotional health of a child to continuously work together to create an atmosphere that they can strive in. ... Instead, she creates a hostile environment between homes by explicitly voicing to her children her disdain for the man and his choice to remarry. ... If the children's needs and well-being were being put above everything else, including disagreements between adults, this family would be a healthy and happy environment for the children. ...

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Can divorce be the primary cause for the downfall of a child's mental health? ... Wallerstein in 1971, sociologists and family-health specialists have posited that the wrenching act of divorce and its aftermath leave scars that can linger "in the afflicted children, throughout adolescence and into adulthood (Wallerstein and Kelly 257). ...

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Keywords: Foster care, KEEP, MTFC, empowerment theory, systems theory, resilience theory, strengths perspective, biopsychosocial approach Introduction An ideal environment for the social, emotional, and developmental growth of children does not always exist in today's society or with their parents. ...

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Much of families' work of coping with loss and adapting to the changes that accompany it will occur well outside the boundaries of the healthcare environment with which they have been associated during the illness/death of a member. ... Clinicians' involvement and support at this critical time can have a very positive effect on the family's experience, and may help prevent some of problems that are associated with poor coping (decline in health; inappropriate usage of healthcare; increased risk of depression; sleep disruption; increased consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sedat...

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Unhealthy competition affects one's physical and psychological health. ... Parents, instead of showing favouritism, should make an attempt to create an environment where all children feel special and unique. ...

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Attachment Styles of Incarcerated Parents The significance of the caregiving environment for offspring of imprisoned folks has frequently been dismissed in the writing (Cecil, McHale, Strozier, & Pietsch, 2008), in spite of the fact that it is parental figures who have every day communications and correspondence with kids amid a guardian's detainment. ... The present study used information gathered as a component of a study inspecting kids' interest in Mentoring Connections (MC), a tutoring system supported by the Department of Health and Human Services that was intended to serve you...

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1. Today, opinion polls consistently reveal that a majority of people in Western countries respect and endorse homosexual marriage. For instance, in US, among those aged 18 - 32, support is as high as 70 percent (West, 2013, para.5). Along with the support of homosexual marriage is the request of children. However, when homosexual parenting became visible to the public, negative opinions about their parent eligibility were commonplace, partially because heterosexual parenting has been taken as a norm. ...

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