109). To date, multidimensional family therapy has been tested in a number of controlled outcome studies within a variety of treatment and prevention settings and has been shown to be a cost effective approach when compared to standard treatment op Continue Reading...
Alcohol abuse was once considered a problem of willpower. Now, it is widely recognized as a medical problem with three primary roots causes: biological factors, psychological factors, and socio-cultural factors. This paper examines the three root cau Continue Reading...
Foster Care Community Assessment: Foster Care Youth Needs What is a community assessment? A community assessment is a process by which a collaborative partnership gathers information on the current strengths, concerns, needs, and conditions of chil Continue Reading...
126). Although there are an increasing number of elderly in the United States today with many more expected in the future, the study of elder abuse is of fairly recent origin. During the last three decades of the 20th century, following the "discove Continue Reading...
232). References Ashley, O.S., Brady, T.M., & Marsden, M.E. (2003). Effectiveness of substance abuse treatment programming for women: A review. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 29(1), 19. Bradley, R.H., & Corwyn, R.F. (2002). S Continue Reading...
Media Violence on Youth Damaging effects harm society's future adults Young people have the opportunity to respond negatively if provided violent material How Violent Print Media Affects Youth "Tweens" and teens are among the most influential gr Continue Reading...
Disease Control and Prevention (2016), as many as one out of every four children have experienced some type of abuse: including physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. Exposure to pornography, whether accidental or not, can be harmful to children's ps Continue Reading...
Child Abuse? The issues of child abuse in the larger society are often unnoticed until it is too late. Unfortunately, public perceptions of the precursors to abuse are limited, and the unfortunate reality of 'out of sight, out of mind' is prevalent Continue Reading...
Teens Abuse Drugs Peer pressure is not simply a phase teens go through. "It can be a negative force in the lives of children and adolescents, often resulting in their experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs." (Preparing Youth for P Continue Reading...
That compared with 19% for alcohol and a secondary drug; 12% for alcohol alone; 3% for smoked cocaine; 2.4% for methamphetamines; and 2.3% for heroin (Abrams). It is estimated that by 2010 there will be 35 million teens in America (Levinson). This Continue Reading...
Most abuse is committed by parents, but stepparents also commit abuse, and this is another social factor that can lead to child abuse. Many sociologists believe that stepparents have less of a bond with stepchildren than their own children, and they Continue Reading...
Drug Abuse and Gang Membership: Risk Factors Generally, a vast majority of juveniles do not do drugs or participate in gang activity. For those who indeed end up engaging in such activities, only a small number eventually repeat the offenses. Howeve Continue Reading...
Socio-Ecological Model for stress among youth The article looks at the relationship between neighborhood socio-economic disadvantages and the perceived stress during the middle and late adolescence stages among African-American youth. The total num Continue Reading...
Alcohol and substance abuse is a prevalent problem among youth. Effects of alcohol and substance abuse range from mental health problems like depression and suicide ideation to dating violence, to poor academic performance (Radliff, Wheaton, Robinson Continue Reading...
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ON WOMEN INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION Conceptual Paper Millions of children around the globe are sexually abused or exploited. This paper includes several descriptions of studies that relate sexual abuse during childhood to delinque Continue Reading...
Family-Centred Therapy on Substance Disorder for the Aboriginal People The health status of aboriginal people is strongly intertwined with their cultural practices. Keeping focus on cultural issues is helpful when handling policy issues that relate Continue Reading...
Treatment Approach to Adolescent Substance Disorders All over the world, the issue of substance abuse among adolescents is worrying many parents and governments. Substance abuse not only has long-term negative effects on an adolescent's brain but i Continue Reading...
Homeless Youth: Access to Healthcare Services Homeless Youth Homeless Youth: Increasing Access to Healthcare Services Homeless Youth: Increasing Access to Healthcare Services The estimated number people in homeless families in 2014 were 216,261, Continue Reading...
African American Youth Mental HealthOverview.This paper summarizes an interview with Tracy Nia about her work as a youth wellness consultant. Her selection is that Tracy Nia, a Black Mental Health Alliance consultant, has diverse experience in mental Continue Reading...
Running head: PRACTICE PLANPRACTICE PLAN 3Counseling Licensure Practice PlanPractice PlanThe professional identity of mental health counselors is very important. Therefore, it is paramount that before anyone chooses a profession such as mental health Continue Reading...
Drug Abuse The relationship between drug use and economic status has been one looked at research for decades. However, the topic is a complex one to consider because significant research and commentary today suggests that the older studies showing s Continue Reading...
REACTION PAPER Reaction PaperPart 1The research article selected for this paper was titled, Acceptability of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for HIV Prevention among Youth Experiencing Homelessness: A Qualitative Analysis. In this particular art Continue Reading...
[Shope, Jean T, 2004] Cost of Addictive Behavior (individual and family implications) Asides the fact that drugs and alcohol rehabilitation add billions of dollars to the nations health care costs, the addictive nature of these substances also imp Continue Reading...
African American Youth with Mental IllnessPart 1: BackgroundObservationThe African American Youth experience unique structural and contextual hurdles as they transition from childhood into early adulthood. While their experiences vary, similar cultur Continue Reading...
Promoting the understanding of cultural differences is crucial, because a large number of child abuse and neglect cases involve allegations against minorities. As a result, in some areas a psychologist may interview the involved caregivers and chil Continue Reading...
Talents are noted as an individual's naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that may be applied productively. The more dominant a theme in an individual, the more that particular theme will likely influence that person's behav Continue Reading...
In addition, the data suggest that younger arrestees were less inclined to use heroin (Baumler et al. 2002)." This research also found that variables such as geographics, ethnicity, and age provide some explanation for heroin-use patterns (Baumler Continue Reading...
Child Sexual Abuse in Kilpatrick, et al. (2003) This work in writing conducted an article review of the work of Kilpatrick, et al. (2003). The article under review in this work in writing is that written by Kilpatrick, et al. (2003) entitled "Viole Continue Reading...
Research Paper: Challenges with Younger Youth Aging Out of Foster CareIntroductionAlthough well intentioned, the foster care system often places youth in a precarious position once they age out of the program. Evidence suggest that foster care youth Continue Reading...
Impact of Drug Abuse on School Children Aged 10 To 18 in Developed Countries (U.S., Canada, France, England, Germany, Italy, Russia, Australia, Japan and China): Narrative Literature Review Introduction The problem addressed in this literature review Continue Reading...
Literature Review As Masini (2010) shows, animal-assisted therapy can be quite useful in helping patients engaging in substance abuse treatment. Masini (2010) highlights the benefits of equine-assisted psychotherapy in particular, as do Hauge, Kvalem Continue Reading...
A study by the Chicago Police Department found that persons who had been arrested for animal cruelty often had a history of other crimes as well (Chicago Police Department 2008). These offenses included homicides, narcotics charges, battery, firearm Continue Reading...
Clinical Case Management Case management emerged during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in an effort by professional social workers to address the broad-based social problems that followed the Industrial Revolution, including most especially Continue Reading...
role of a social worker and evaluates their contributions to the drug court team on the basis of the ten key components of Drug Courts. There has been research on the role of social workers role in drug courts. However, there has not been so much fo Continue Reading...
