The Excess Medical Cost and Health Problems of Family Members of Persons Diagnosed With Alcohol or Drug Problems

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 82-83
Author(s):  
Richard J. Frances
Keyword(s):  
Medical Cost ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Drug Problems

The Excess Medical Cost And Health Problems of Family Members of Persons Diagnosed With Alcohol or Drug Problems

Medical Care ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Thomas Ray ◽  
Jennifer R. Mertens ◽  
Constance Weisner
Keyword(s):  
Medical Cost ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Drug Problems

scholarly journals Iraq: children's and adolescents' mental health under conditions of continuous turmoil

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
AbdulKareem AlObaidi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Civil Unrest ◽  
Education And Health

Children and adolescents constitute half of Iraq's population of over 30 million. Mental health problems experienced by Iraqi children and adolescents are a hidden problem. Many factors contribute to the mental health problems of young Iraqis, including being victims and witnesses to violence, seeing family members become victims, being displaced from their homes, and experiencing the instability that still plagues their nation. Iraqis have experienced severe deprivation caused by many years of war, economic embargoes and civil unrest. Violence, poverty and the failure of the education and health systems have severely undermined the well-being of Iraqis, especially children (AlObaidi et al, 2009).

Lonely Typers at Midnight

2018 ◽  
pp. 162-184
Author(s):  
Brandon C. Niezgoda
Keyword(s):  
Generation Y ◽  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Digital Ethnography ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The Social

Also known as Generation Y, Millennials—an American construct to classify those born from the early 1980 to mid-1990s—have been targeted by mainstream media as narcissistic, and internet obsessed. But as Diesing (2011) organizes, gross generalizations of the American cohort's vanity may only contain nuggets of truth. If millennials are in fact narcissistic and technologically oriented, this research attempts to understand whether this psychological assessment is innate, or deterministic. Contemporary online platforms allow users to voice their opinions and insight regarding predominant frames constructed by once exclusive media domains. Analysis of Reddit discussions through digital ethnography has worked to better understand modes of agency, or lack thereof, as this demographic navigates health problems in a technologically mediated society; providing insight for practitioners, patients, and family members in how to properly conceptualize illness to best help them, and the social order. Also known as Generation Y, Millennials—an American construct to classify those born from the early 1980 to mid-1990s—have been targeted by mainstream media as narcissistic, and internet obsessed. But gross generalizations of the American cohort's vanity may only contain nuggets of truth. If millennials are in fact narcissistic and technologically oriented, this research attempts to understand whether this psychological assessment is innate, or deterministic. Contemporary online platforms allow users to voice their opinions and insight regarding predominant frames constructed by once exclusive media domains. Analysis of Reddit discussions through digital ethnography has worked to better understand modes of agency, or lack thereof, as this demographic navigates health problems in a technologically mediated society; providing insight for practitioners, patients, and family members in how to properly conceptualize illness to best help them, and the social order.

Do Prostitution and Social Vulnerability Go Hand in Hand? Examining the Association Between Social Background and Prostitution Using Register Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 136078042096598
Author(s):  
Theresa Dyrvig Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Childhood Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Drug Problems

This article provides new knowledge on the social background of women involved in indoor prostitution by integrating a novel data source in terms of administrative register data. Questions concerning dynamics of entry and whether sex-sellers have a more socially marginalised position than others have long been debated in research. Based on register data on 1128 female sex-sellers, the article takes an important step towards answering such questions by analysing and comparing the social background of sex-sellers and of a matched sample of Danish women (n = 73,320). The study includes descriptive insights into a number of indicators, including demographics, out-of-home placement, mental health problems, drug problems, incarceration, educational attainment and labour market attachment. Multivariate regression models are used to examine potential predictors of involvement in prostitution. The findings show that indoor sex-sellers often come from a socially marginalised background and experience multiple social vulnerabilities in both childhood and adulthood. Furthermore, the study shows strong associations between indicators of social vulnerability and selling sex. Especially indicators of an unstable childhood environment (e.g. out-of-home placements and mothers’ incarceration) and indicators of social marginalisation in adulthood (e.g. incarceration and mental health problems) have proven to have a strong association with involvement in prostitution as an adult.

scholarly journals Better medication management for Indigenous Australians: findings from the field

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Emden ◽  
Inge Kowanko ◽  
Charlotte de Crespigny ◽  
Helen Murray
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Aboriginal Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Drug Problems

This paper reports findings from interviews and focus groups conducted within a multi-dimensional action research project concerning medication management among Indigenous Australians. Participants were Aboriginal people with mental health problems, carers and family members, and health and social service workers from different regions in South Australia. A meta-analysis of findings from each regional project component was conducted, and major themes conceptualised and developed into a coherent summary. The findings revealed problems of a magnitude not previously realised - mental health problems (including alcohol and drug problems) and medication management among Aboriginal people clearly are major issues requiring immediate and sustained attention if the health and welfare of the Australian Indigenous population are to be improved. Findings concerned eight major areas: social and emotional wellbeing issues; stressors on Aboriginal health services and providers; training for the Aboriginal health workforce; mainstream health services for Aboriginal people; trust and confidentiality within Aboriginal health services; English language literacy and numeracy skills of Aboriginal clients; remote living arrangements for many Aboriginal people; problems with alcohol use; and institutionalised and individual racism in the community at large.

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