Substance Abuse

Peer pressure is the most powerful social force impacting the student academic performance. Most students influenced by their peers include those at their adolescence ages. Schools overall performance is usually influenced by the kind of the children enrolled alongside other factors such as the quality of education they offer. However,...

The question of what makes people go wrong and commit evil acts is a question that goes back to ancient times. People tend to think that the line between good and evil is fixed and immovable, but Philip Zimbardo disagrees. In his video, he states that he thinks the line...

According to the National Child Abuse Hotline, a child abuse case is reported every ten seconds in the country, creating more than 3.3 million cases every year (National Child Abuse Hotline). Child abuse causes psychological scars in the children and sometimes affects the entire development process. While it is possible...

Introduction Legal breakdown regarding the reporting of abuse for substance abuse counselors in Illinois Most of the people who are suffering from substance abuse also may face other forms of abuse such as child abuse. According to NCBI only 18 states allow all their citizens to report in case of...

Abuse, in any form, is an egregious act against another person. While the specific definition of abuse can vary by jurisdiction, it is most simplistically understood to be actions of omission or commission against another person (Schiamberg & Gans, 2000). Specific categories of maltreatment are numerous and range from psychological...

Substance abuse is a universal phenomenon. Its effects on human health are both deleterious and long-lasting. In spite of this, research reveals that a majority of the global populace remains yoked to it. In America, thousands report to be victims of substance abuse (Swartz, 2012). There are numerous causes of...

Abstract A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive, by Dave Pelzer, is a harrowing story of a young boy who is cruelly physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused by his mentally ill, alcoholic mother in the 1960’s. As a tool towards understanding the human service professions, it is useful...

Spousal violence is among the most difficult crimes to study as the statistics are specifically related to the willingness and ability of the victim to report the abuse. The privacy of the home is considered to be a primary right of the residents and therefore, without personal accounts of this...

From a legalistic perspective drug use refers to taking medications as prescribed or directed, whereas drug abuse infers that medications are not being taken as per their prescription, or they are being consumed without a prescription. However, there is more to the issue of drug use versus drug abuse which...

It is a well-documented fact that in the United States more than eight million children have lived “with at least one parent who abused or was dependent on alcohol or an illicit drug during the past year” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Despite the immensity of this...

While there are many reasons that someone might become the perpetrator of domestic violence, there are only a few overwhelming causes of being a victim of domestic violence. First and foremost, the number one predisposing factor to becoming a victim is being a woman. While it is not 100% men...

Parenting is not an easy task for any individual and yet, a child’s relationship to his/her parent is one of the most defining characteristics of his/her future psychology. As such, it is no surprise that many developmental theorists have attempted to explain a variety of different parenting styles. One such...