FROZEN OUT (IN LIMBO)

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doi:10.1542/peds.84.2.a69a

FROZEN OUT (IN LIMBO)

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.84.2.a69a ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 84 (2) ◽

pp. A69-A69

Author(s):

Student

Keyword(s):

Plane Crash ◽

Biological Parents

Six years after two embryos were frozen and four years after the death of their biological parents in a plane crash in Chile, it has been decided that the embryos were not the legal heirs to the parents' estate estimated at $8 million at the time of their death; nor were the embryos the property of the estate, and they would not be considered relatives of the surviving family.

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The effect of “Forgiveness therapy” on depression and low self-esteem for a victim of abuse: A Case study

International Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Psychiatry: Theory Research & Clinical Practice ◽

10.35996/1234/1/forgiveness ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

Author(s):

Jeledan Tagreed Malik

Keyword(s):

Emotional Abuse ◽

Severe Depression ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Physically Abused ◽

Projective Tests ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Forgiveness Therapy ◽

Emotionally Abused ◽

Study Techniques

It has been said before that “No one forgives with more grace and love than a child”. And also no one can compete the child with his outstanding memory which can’t forget deep injuries during childhood, especially when these multiple abuses come from his/her parents and other relatives. Being physically abused, emotionally abused, and neglected from her biological parents and sexually abused from one of her relatives, this 25 years old female, who is a student in the university, suffers from severe depression and very low level of self-esteem. The current research aims at decreasing the client’s depression and improving her self-esteem through case study techniques, assessing her needs, fears, deep feelings and behavior using a variety of methods, including projective tests, life history, interviews and direct observation of her behavior. The researcher will attempt to help this female using the techniques of the “Forgiveness Therapy” which is described by a number of clinicians and researchers as a promising approach to anger-reduction, depression healing and the restoration of general emotional and mental health. Key words: Forgiveness Therapy, depression, self-esteem, child abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, childhood, case study, clinical psychology.

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Norm Localization and Contestation: The Politics of Foster Children in Turkey

Genealogy ◽

10.3390/genealogy5010025 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Burcu Akan Ellis

Keyword(s):

Foster Care ◽

Family System ◽

Economic Incentives ◽

Best Interests ◽

Foster Parenting ◽

Turkish Children ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Care Systems ◽

National Campaigns ◽

The Cost

International norms do not diffuse linearly; they are localized, adapted and contested at every turn. Foster care systems have been enthusiastically promoted by international organizations to serve the best interests of children. This study explores the recent adaptation of foster care (Koruyucu Aile) in Turkey. This elite-driven norm change was institutionalized through comprehensive legislation, economic incentives and national campaigns, situated in the “politics of responsibility” arising from moral duty and national and religious ethics. These efforts faced early resistance, leading to slow cultivation of foster families, while over time, the foster system found unlikely allies among urban middle-class women. Using Zimmermann’s typologies of reinterpretation of norms through an analysis of narratives about foster parenting in 50 local and national TV productions, this article shows how the foster family system has evolved as a panacea for women’s empowerment in contemporary Turkish society. In parallel, Turkey has embarked on an intense criticism of the care of ethnic Turkish children in European foster care systems. However, this creative utilization of the foster system has come at the cost of the rights of biological parents and a permanency that has decoupled the Turkish foster care system from its counterparts around the world.

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The Case for Mom and Dad

The Linacre Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0024363921989491 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 88 (2) ◽

pp. 184-201

Author(s):

D. Paul Sullins

Keyword(s):

Developmental Outcomes ◽

Well Being ◽

Biological Father ◽

Child Emotional Problems ◽

Child Distress ◽

Biological Mother ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Extensive Body ◽

Traditional Natural ◽

Health And Academic Achievement

Is the system of norms comprising traditional, natural marriage—featuring formally enacted, irrevocable, exclusive man/woman sexual union preceded by chastity—essential for children’s development and well-being, as Catholic teaching asserts? Review of an extensive body of diverse research finds that, compared to children continuously living with two parents, married parents, or their own biological parents, children in other family arrangements consistently experience lower emotional well-being, physical health, and academic achievement. Competing research has variously attributed this difference to a lack of married parents, two parents, complementary man/woman parents, or family stability, but these possibilities have not previously been studied in combination. To address this question, family structure differences and determinants of child well-being (reverse coded to show child distress) were examined using the 2008–2018 National Health Interview Surveys ( n = 82,635). Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) for child emotional problems were higher with less than two parents (AOR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.27–1.56), unmarried parents (1.46, 95% CI 1.31–1.61), unstable parents (1.55, 95% CI 1.27–1.76), or less than two biological parents (AOR = 1.70, 95% CI 1.55–2.87 for one biological parent; 4.77, 95% CI 3.95–5.77 for no biological parents). When combined in the same model, only the lack of joint biological parentage accounted for higher distress, with outcomes significantly worse without the biological father than without the biological mother (interaction AOR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.04–1.71). This evidence strongly supports the claim that maximum child development occurs only in the persistent care of both of the child’s own biological parents. Marriage benefits children primarily by ensuring such care. Implications are discussed. Summary: Children raised apart from the care of both natural parents consistently experience lower developmental outcomes. Traditional, religious marriage norms—a lifelong, exclusive sexual union between man and woman—benefit children by establishing strong conditions that promote such care. More than any other family arrangement, marriage assures to children the care of their own mom and dad.

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Acceptance Commitment Therapy Intervention for Custodial Grandfamilies

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3403 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 928-928

Author(s):

Manuela E Faulhaber ◽

Amie Zarling ◽

Jeongeun Lee

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Well Being ◽

Web Based ◽

Acceptance Commitment Therapy ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Commitment Therapy ◽

Acceptance And Commitment ◽

Time Period ◽

Biological Parents ◽

American Children

Abstract Millions of American children under the age of 18 are being cared for by their grandparents and without the presence of the biological parents. The number of custodial grandfamilies has significantly increased over the last five years. Recent studies have shown that custodial grandparents (CPGs) are often facing specific challenges in life, such as lower emotional well-being, higher parenting burden and stress related to this unique situation. Despite these findings, few interventions take a strengths based approach to improve their mental health and resilience. We describe our efforts to address these issues by proposing intervention anchored in the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), emphasizing the importance of acceptance of challenging circumstances outside of one’s control and promoting resilience among participants. The program consists of a web based ACT program with online coaching meetings, six common core sessions and six separate sessions for each age group over a time period of six months. This program is unique in the sense that it utilizes both individual and group session techniques to facilitate the learning process. Main active ingredients of this program are to promote effective coping strategies, to reduce parenting stress among grandparents and to increase life skills (i.e., decision-making, proactivity) among grandchildren. We are hypothesizing that participating in the ACT program will help CGPs to improve self-efficacy, emotional well-being, higher self-confidence, social competence, lower depressive symptoms, and parenting distress, thereby leading to positive outcomes such as improved mental health and higher resilience.

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The epidemiology of non-suicidal self-injury: lifetime prevalence, sociodemographic and clinical correlates, and treatment use in a nationally representative sample of adults in England

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s003329172100146x ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Richard T. Liu

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Clinical Importance ◽

High Rate ◽

Lifetime Prevalence ◽

Medical Attention ◽

Treatment Needs ◽

Self Injury ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Nationally Representative

Abstract Background Although the clinical importance of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has received increasing recognition, relatively little is known about its epidemiology. The objective of this study was to estimate the lifetime prevalence of NSSI in adults and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, psychiatric disorders, and lifetime treatment for NSSI. Methods A nationally representative face-to-face survey was conducted with 7192 adults aged ≥18 years in England. Respondents were interviewed about engagement in NSSI, psychiatric illness, suicidal thoughts and behavior, and treatment history for this behavior. Results The estimated lifetime prevalence rate of NSSI was 4.86%. Younger age, growing up without biological parents in the household, being unmarried, and impoverished backgrounds were associated with NSSI. The majority of respondents with lifetime NSSI (63.82%) had at least one current psychiatric disorder. Most psychiatric conditions were associated with greater odds of lifetime NSSI in multivariate models. NSSI was strongly associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, respectively, even after accounting for psychiatric disorders and sociodemographic covariates. A substantial proportion of respondents with NSSI history (30.92%) have engaged in medically severe self-harm, as indexed by requiring medical attention for this behavior. The majority of respondents with NSSI (56.20%) had not received psychiatric care for this behavior. Conclusions NSSI is prevalent in the general population and associated with considerable psychiatric comorbidity. A high rate of unmet treatment needs is evident among those with this behavior. Those at the greatest lifetime risk for NSSI may also be particularly limited in their resources to cope with this behavior.

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Life after an out‐of‐home placement: What biological parents in foster care tell us about parenthood

Child & Family Social Work ◽

10.1111/cfs.12857 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ruwayda Said Salem ◽

Lieselot De Wilde

Keyword(s):

Foster Care ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Out Of Home Placement ◽

Home Placement

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Leukoencephalopathy due to variants in GFPT1-associated congenital myasthenic syndrome

Neurology ◽

10.1212/wnl.0000000000006886 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 92 (6) ◽

pp. e587-e593 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Guy Helman ◽

Suvasini Sharma ◽

Joanna Crawford ◽

Bijoy Patra ◽

Puneet Jain ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genome Sequencing ◽

Muscle Weakness ◽

Genetic Diagnosis ◽

Clinical Information ◽

Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome ◽

Cerebral White Matter ◽

Repetitive Nerve Stimulation ◽

Hyperintense Signal ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Hexosamine Biosynthesis

ObjectiveTo determine the molecular etiology of disease in 4 individuals from 2 unrelated families who presented with proximal muscle weakness and features suggestive of mitochondrial disease.MethodsClinical information and neuroimaging were reviewed. Genome sequencing was performed on affected individuals and biological parents.ResultsAll affected individuals presented with muscle weakness and difficulty walking. In one family, both children had neonatal respiratory distress while the other family had 2 children with episodic deteriorations. In each family, muscle biopsy demonstrated ragged red fibers. MRI was suggestive of a mitochondrial leukoencephalopathy, with extensive deep cerebral white matter T2 hyperintense signal and selective involvement of the middle blade of the corpus callosum. Through genome sequencing, homozygous GFPT1 missense variants were identified in the affected individuals of each family. The variants detected (p.Arg14Leu and p.Thr151Lys) are absent from population databases and predicted to be damaging by in silico prediction tools. Following the genetic diagnosis, nerve conduction studies were performed and demonstrated a decremental response to repetitive nerve stimulation, confirming the diagnosis of myasthenia. Treatment with pyridostigmine was started in one family with favorable response.ConclusionsGFPT1 encodes a widely expressed protein that controls the flux of glucose into the hexosamine-biosynthesis pathway that produces precursors for glycosylation of proteins. GFPT1 variants and defects in other enzymes of this pathway have previously been associated with congenital myasthenia. These findings identify leukoencephalopathy as a previously unrecognized phenotype in GFPT1-related disease and suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction could contribute to this disorder.

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Heritability of the metabolic syndrome and its components in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS)

Genetics Research ◽

10.1017/s001667231200050x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 94 (6) ◽

pp. 331-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

MARYAM ZARKESH ◽

MARYAM SADAT DANESHPOUR ◽

BITA FAAM ◽

MOHAMMAD SADEGH FALLAH ◽

NIMA HOSSEINZADEH ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Hdl Cholesterol ◽

Age And Gender ◽

The Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Biological Parents ◽

Heritability Estimation ◽

Low Hdl ◽

And Gender ◽

Continuous Traits

SummaryGrowing evidence suggests that metabolic syndrome (MetS) has both genetic and environmental bases. We estimated the heritability of the MetS and its components in the families from the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS). We investigated 904 nuclear families in TLGS with two biological parents and at least one offspring (1565 parents and 2448 children), aged 3–90 years, for whom MetS information was available and had at least two members of family with MetS. Variance component methods were used to estimate age and sex adjusted heritability of metabolic syndrome score (MSS) and MetS components using SOLAR software. The heritability of waist circumference (WC), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TGs), fasting blood sugar (FBS), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) as continuous traits after adjusting for age and gender were 27, 46, 36, 29, 25, 26 and 15%, respectively, and MSS had a heritability of 15%. When MetS components were analysed as discrete traits, the estimates of age and gender adjusted heritability for MetS, abdominal obesity, low HDL-C, high TG, high FBS and high blood pressure (BP) were 22, 40, 34, 38 and 23%, respectively (P < 0·05). Three factors were extracted from the six continuous traits of the MetS including factor I (BP), factor II (lipids) and factor III (obesity and FBS). Heritability estimation for these three factors were 7, 13 (P < 0·05) and 2%, respectively. The highest heritability was for HDL-C and TG. The results strongly encourage efforts to identify the underlying susceptibility genes.

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