Kathleen O"Connell Corcoran Ph.D. show that "divorce is associated with an increase in depression: people experience loss of partner, hopes and dreams, and lifestyle". ... Researchers say in the Journal of Marriage and The Family, divorce elevates a girl's risk for depression because it increases the chances that her mother will become depressed, which in turn reduces the quality of her parenting. ... Daughters of divorced parents are most often affected by something called the sleeper effects. ... The Journal of Marriage and The Family says that they encounter the sleeper affect in their...

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I will examine the effects they have upon families, caregivers and the victims. ... Another aspect of Alzheimer's that can be treated somewhat successfully is depression: "Depression can occur in older persons, especially those with physical problems. ... If true, then antiflammatory medications might slow the effects of Alzheimer's Disease. ... First and foremost it is perhaps important to understand that "even though ALZHEIMER"S DISEASE is becoming more and more prevalent, many people don't know a great deal about the extent of its effects, and the effects on family members ...

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A child living in poverty is under a great amount of stress. ... Some of these problems include anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, aggression, and not being able to get along with their peers. Anxiety and depression also involve treatment and many times require some medication. ...

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The relationship between an adolescent mother and her own mother have been found to have two extremely different effects on the relationship between she and her child (East, 1999). In some cases the effect is very negative and in others very positive. ... On the contrary, the grandmother and adolescent mom relationship could be great upon childbearing where the transference of emotion will be positive. ... Healthy relationships are positive in the connectivity of an adolescent mother and her child. ... A teen mother not getting this from her child's father is likely to feel a hint of depr...

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