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Child Abuse and Drug Addiction: an important link by AWeidman Posted Sat 27 Nov 2010 9:01am Child abuse is known to be a risk factor for a number of different mental-health problems and antisocial behaviour. For example, the Center's for Disease Control's famous Adverse Childhood Experiences research found a strong link between various adverse experiences in childhood and later physical, social, and mental health problems. Researcher ... Read on »

Alcohol Abuse | Drug Abuse – Is a Family Member or Friend’s Substance Abuse Ruining Your Holidays? by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 26 Dec 2012 7:16pm Alcohol abuse | drug abuse – Tis the season, I’m afraid. Based on the outreach I receive from Thanksgiving through the New Year, year after year, the holidays are often the time when family members and friends have extended periods … Continue reading → The post Alcohol Abuse | Drug Abuse – Is a Family Member or Friend’s Substance Abuse Rui ... Read on »

Young people die using/abusing drugs by Dr. Richard Keller Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 23 Oct 2008 1:34pm Young people use/abuse drugs. Young people die from using/abusing drugs. We need to stop young people from dying from drug use/abuse. (The same goes for older people, but it always seems more shocking when it is young people who die. Is more potential lost?) I was reading an interview with Dr Drew Pinsky (currently rehab doctor to the stars) ... Read on »

Many talented people use or abuse drugs by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 27 Mar 2010 11:40pm Psychologist and creativity coach/author Eric Maisel, PhD says “The artist is often a drug and alcohol abuser. “The challenge for the creative artist stirred by [their] work and dream is to maintain mood equilibrium without resorting to mood-altering drugs. The social environment of the artist makes this challenge doubly difficult.” [From ... Read on »

FDA monitors and regulates abuse of drugs and devices ! Who monitors abuse of investigations in medicine ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 07 Jan 2009 5:11pm The growth of medical science has been phenomenal .It is estimated , the quantum of break throughs and development in the last 50 years is nearly equal to 2000 years of evolution of our knowledge put together. Along with this growth , came the unavoidable misuse , and abuse of medical s ... Read on »

More Older People Abusing Drugs by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted Tue 24 Aug 2010 6:00am Drug abuse treatment programs across the country are seeing more older users of illegal narcotics than ever before. According to a report from a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, admissions of adults aged 50 and older in drug treatment programs has nearly doubled over the last two decades, to 12% in 2008 from 6.6% in ... Read on »

Lydia Stewart on child abuse, parenting, and children’s rights by Jessica P. Posted Mon 29 Mar 2010 4:59pm In 2008 Sonoma County received 10,051 calls to their child abuse hotline. 2,638 reports were serious enough to require investigation. 174 children were removed from unsafe and abusive homes. April is Child Abuse Awareness Month in the United States. One organization that works directly with families and children on this issue is the ... Read on »

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Child abuse (real and not real), Dissociative Disorders and family drama by Jennifer aka Beautiful MInd Patient Expert

Posted Fri 18 Nov 2011 12:00am "Your silence will not protect you" -Audre Lorde "You're as sick as your secrets." -Alcoholics Anonymous saying I don't write about this fact much here, but I come from a family full of alcoholism. There are three in my family who have had some treatment for it, one ... Read on »

Child Abuse: Obesity by Christina Thielst Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Mar 2010 8:51am Health Affairs puts out some really great work and their current issue is an example. It focuses on the issue of childhood obesity and the editor even goes so far as to call it out as child abuse . I have to agree that in many cases, it is a form of child abuse. Excessive overfeeding of a child is just as bad as allowing them to become into ... Read on »