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Articles about effects of violence (0-50 of 293)
- Depression Help For Teens
By: sef123 | - Depression can be a devastating condition for teens. The teen years are a time when young adults can make fond memories, discover their passions and make life choices that will affect their lives far beyond the formative years. But depression can turn all of these milestones into constant struggles full of pain and isolation. But thankfully, there are treatments available. But it is important to realize teenage depression is different from adult depression, both in terms of symptoms and treatmen ...
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- What Happens When There Are Bullies At Work
By: Ann Andrews | - Bullying isn't new, it has been around for as long as there have been humans on earth. Bullying is about power and control, pure and simple. Sadly, for the person being bullied, the results can be absolutely devastating. At worst the target will eventually leave to work somewhere less unpleasant; at best they will stay; grit their teeth and get more and more miserable, and less and less productive.
It is estimated that workplace bullying affects 1:4 people -Source - Workplaces Aga ...
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- What Are The Symptoms And Signs Of Schizophrenia?
By: Steven Magill | - Schizophrenia, by definition, is a severe, chronic, and disabling brain disorder that has been characterized throughout recorded history. Normally, the first signs of schizophrenia emerge in the teenage years or early twenties. It is a type of psychosis, which involves impairment of thinking wherein the interpretation of reality is different or abnormal. It could not be tracked in early phases that is why it is uncommon in children. Literally speaking, the term "schizophrenia" means split mind; ...
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- The Effects Of Domestic Violence - Stealing Your Rights
By: D. A. Campbell | - How destructive are the effects of domestic violence? An article from Psych Central gives us a perfect example: "one of the most tragic outcomes of domestic violence is that well more than half of the young men between the ages of 11 and 22 who are in jail for homicide have killed their mother's batterer."
It's a frightening statistic but no more so than the number of women who have lost their lives or received permanent injuries due to domestic violence.
For those vic ...
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- Ending Domestic Violence - Losing Control
By: D. A. Campbell | - Finally after much pleading and cajoling from people in her social circle she has left the relationship. It was not easy to get her to take this step. Quite often she was very adamant in telling people to leave her alone. She wasn't staying for the kids or out of fear. She loved him and that's all there was to it.
But after all these years of being together and dealing with being physically assaulted she has had enough. He's not gotten better as she kept telling people he would. Fo ...
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- 3 Devastating Effects Of Domestic Violence
By: D. A. Campbell | - It is almost hard to fully comprehend effects of domestic violence can have on anyone and anything that crosses its path. The destructive force as well as the corrosiveness can impact a family community or even entire counties.
That last one is not an exaggeration. Any country that turns a blind eye to it or in essence hands the abuser the right to abuse is a prime example of that corrosiveness.
Here in the US there have been quite a number of encouraging signs. For i ...
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- What Are Internet Filters And Vulnerability Scanning?
By: Alice Brooks | - The World Wide Web is so content-rich that there is no topic regarding which you would not find any information here. Students often refer to the various websites for their project work and reference. Besides being a source of information it is an entertainment package with the facility to download movies, music and games. For these reasons you will find many children and teenagers perpetually hooked on the internet. But we should never forget that the internet is unregulated where children are ...
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- The Effects Of Domestic Violence - The Uncertain Future
By: D. A. Campbell | - One of the effects of domestic violence is illustrated in studies done by organizations like the Coalition for Battered Women. It is believed that when a woman attempts to leave a violent relationship the risk to her increases by a startling seventy five percent.
Why? As the Coalition's executive director Barbara Price states, "He's losing power and control, and that's what it's about." Which means the abuser will do anything to get it back or anything to make sure no one takes it a ...
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- Benzodiazepine (and Its Effects)
By: Mike Argiro | - Benzodiazepine Side Effects
Benzodiazepine has a long list of Side Effects but the most common ones can be attributed to its properties of sedation and muscle-relaxation. These side effects would include dizziness and decrease in the levels of alertness, drowsiness, and concentration. It can also lead to lack of coordination which on its turn can cause some serious problems such as falls and resulting injuries, ataxia, etc. The side effect of lack of coordination is particularly ri ...
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- Donate To Charities That Have Far Reaching Effects
By: Art Gib | - Charitable donations are given to thousands of organizations that are in need and are designed to help a specific group of people to cope with their special circumstances. There are many different organizations that rely on the fundraising efforts of volunteers to fund their annual budgets and fill the requirements of their operating costs. Charitable contributions account for a broad spectrum of non profit organizations ability to function and provide needed services and help to the people that ...
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- Stun Guns For Personal Protection
By: Fabiola Castillo | - A recent survey states that 20 percent of US women have survived at least one incident of sexual harassment or physical torture. Violence against women are common nowadays even in developed countries like United States, England, and other European countries. It comes in many ways by means of physical, sexual, or psychological and sometimes financial. The younger age and children are the common targets of this violence against women. Surveys show that this violence is not only coming from out ...
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- Reasons To Give Up Alcohol
By: Gen Wright | - In today's society consuming alcohol in a casual manner is not considered a vice. The problem starts when this casual consumption of alcohol gives way to alcohol abuse. This alcohol abuse can become a serious problem; hence it is very necessary for you to give up alcohol at the right time.
There are many people who would not take the thing mentioned above seriously. For such people here is a list of reasons for them to give up alcohol.
Alcohol affects different peo ...
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- Television Violence And Children: How To Tame The Media Beast
By: Bianca Tora | - Television is so much a part of our lives we need to be concerned about its effect on our children. The problem is that violence in verbal and physical form appears on screen daily.
Do you know that there are
a)6 violent acts per hour on prime time television
6 violent acts per hour on children's programs
c)50,000 TV commercials exposed to children per year?
Studies show that violence in media does have an impact on children and ...
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- Famous Landmarks In Oklahoma City
By: Shane Wauhob | - The famous landmarks in Oklahoma City offer a glimpse into the past of the city and also the state. Though most of these celebrate the achievements of the city and those of its former leaders and pioneering individuals, one of the landmarks is a sad reminder of the destructive effects of violence and is perhaps the most important the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
Located at 620 North Harvey Avenue, the Oklahoma City National Memorial remembers those who lost their lives or th ...
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- Domestic Violence At Home And In Divorce Court - There Are No Bad Choices
By: Dr Jeanne King PhD | - People ask the most personal questions from the audience when they see you letting your hair down about the abuse that you endured.
For years, individuals asked me, "Are you sorry you didn't leave after he hit you the first time?" "Knowing what can happen in family court, do you wish you had stayed?" "Did you ever consider running with your kids and living in hiding?"
Each time I answered these questions, I came closer to reconciling my choices. But now ten years la ...
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- Entertainment Games Being Used To Pacify Our Youth - Is This Causing A Detrimental Effect?
By: Andy Truthman | - In the digital age, society has become addicted to all forms of entertainment.
First with television, and now with the growth of interactive entertainment games, we are seeing a massive rise in the population who take part in this activity.
Interactive games, however, present a great deal of danger for the free-thinking American citizen and his/her family due to the way they are designed to 'steal' our time, while at the same time rewarding us for doing essential ...
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- Charged With Domestic Violence? How To Get Your Court-ordered Violence Assessment- From Cary
By: Dr Mike Shery | - People who are court-ordered to obtain a psychological evaluation because of domestic violence are often under considerable stress. This is because of the possibility of jail time, effects of asset distribution during a divorce, child custody issues, expensive attorneys fees and the endless questions and court appearances that are required.
They are usually required to undergo a psychological assessment to determine if they are a danger to themselves, their spouse or their kids ...
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- What Claims You Can Get For Spinal Cord Injury
By: Nemilou Despuez | - How the law protects victims of spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury can be incurred from various accidents such as traffic collision, sports-related mishap, violence, lifting heavy objects, etc. In case a person sustained such injury due to negligence of another party, the latter is required by law to give the right amount of compensation for his/her victim.
Since a spinal cord injury can have negative ramifications on the victims, the liable party will have to p ...
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- Save Your Child From Video Game Addiction
By: Badeth Abonita | - April 16, 2007 - The tranquil campus of Virginia Tech suddenly blasted to extreme shooting which killed 33 lives and injured many casualties. The Virginia Tech massacre is the deadliest shooting rampage in American history and the violence had been blamed to the suspect's video game addiction. The suspect, Soeung Hui Cho, was trained for his massacre on Counter Strike that could have pushed him to such violence.
The Virginia Tech incident is only a wake up call on how video games ...
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- Fuelling The Future With Alternative Energy
By: Thanate Tan | - The current dominant conventional fuels that are used include fossil fuels, petroleum, uranium, coal and propane. There has been growing concern about these conventional fuels, thus leading to the increasing demand for, and interest in alternative fuels.
People in general are becoming acutely aware of the degradation of the earth and that they have to make drastic changes in order to keep our world from being destroyed. The effects of conventional fuels such as fossils fuels are ...
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- Crime Scene Cleanup And The Eco-friendly Medical Enzyme Solutions
By: Richard Barthallo | - The ghastly scenario of any crime and violence is particularly gut-wrenching even to the seasoned professional. This is even more so with crime scene cleanup where bodily fluids and tissues have to be carefully handled from the other crime scene debris.
What makes crime scene cleanup a demanding task is the nature of human blood and tissues. Compared to other substances that are normally cleaned by any household solution, human blood and tissues have unique properties that call fo ...
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- 4 Harmful Effects Of Video Games
By: Stacey Reid | - It is no surprise to anyone that playing certain video games can be harmful to kids in particular. Violence has been added to many video games and probably the most successful video games are the ones that have the most violence. Video game makers understand that kids like violence so they add it into their games. Here are some harmful effects of video games potentially on kids.
Certain video games, due to their negative content, promote violence which are harmful effects of vi ...
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- Effects Of Domestic Violence On Children
By: Arthor Pens | - Children who witnesses domestic violence against his or her parent is a victim of domestic violence as well. Approximately five million children witness domestic violence in their homes each year. A child may be a witness to his or her parent being emotionally abused, physically abused, economically abused and/or even sexually abused.
No matter how hard a parent tries to shield their child from the abuse he or she receives from an abusive partner, the child usually knows what is o ...
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- Bipolar Violence May Occur Without Properly Treated Bipolar Patients
By: personalizedwino69 | - Bipolar Violence - May Occur Without Properly Treated Bipolar Patients
This could be a self-caused treatment failure. The medical term used to describe for this self faliure is called "noncompliance."When you fail to take your medications, you could be causing great danger to yourself and possibly others, and it could even be fatal.
Studies have shown that nearly 25 percent of prescriptions are not taken as prescripbed. When it comes to bipolar and other psychic medicine, ...
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- Seeking Help To End Domestic Violence
By: Bill Valentine, Self Defense Coach | - Domestic violence is a situation that no one should ever have to experience. Many women who find themselves on the receiving end of domestic violence often want to remove themselves from the situation, but the fear of the change is simply greater than the fear of the next episode of abuse. Unfortunately, many women have suffered one type of abuse or another as a child and teenager. By the time that these women emerge into adulthood, physical and mental abuse almost seems like a normal way of lif ...
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- The Economy And Domestic Violence: What If You Are The One With A Short Fuse?
By: Rosemary Lichtman | - Across the United States and around the world, the effects of the financial crisis continue to spread - foreclosures are widespread, banks are being taken over, stock markets are erratic, credit is frozen and bankruptcies are increasing. No one can predict with certainty the long-term effects on the economy, but most pundits agree that this collapse will not right itself in the near future.
How is all this affecting you? Are you anxious and angry - on the verge of taking out your ...
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- Ten Important Side Effects Of Steroid Use
By: Tarun Gupta | - Steroids are man- made substances related to the male sex hormones, usually testosterone, which promote muscular growth and the development of male sexual characteristics. These are categorized drugs, and when used inappropriately, they may cause severe, long lasting, and often irreversible negative health consequences. Following are some of the major consequences.
1. Inhibition of natural hormones: It is probably the most common side effect of steroid use. The exogenous addition ...
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- Conflict In Relationships Have Negative Effects
By: Kelly Church | - Some couples have serious issues with constantly arguing in a relationship. In many cases, fighting happens so often that it becomes a type of bad habit in the relationship, happening ridiculously frequently. Though it is sometimes hard to break that habit, just as it is with any habit, this type of interaction needs to cease. There are several reasons that this is a very unhealthy way to live. Firstly, this type of consistent fighting can lead to harsh words and feelings, and even violence. It ...
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- A Look At Some Of The Effects Of Alcoholism
By: Muna Wanjiru | - When we talk of the effects of alcoholism, we got to divide them into physical and mental or psychological effects. Both these effects of alcohol are equally important, if one is leading to physical handicap the other is leading to a mental handicap. Effects of alcohol manifest at different times in different individuals, for example if one is affected after thirty years of alcohol abuse the other person may start getting affected only after three years. This is because every human body is diffe ...
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- Domestic Violence:the Problem We Refuse To Face
By: DrScott | - I remember one church leaders wife who shared her story, once we had developed a trust relationship. Early in their marriage when she was pregnant, her husband became enraged and hit her so hard she was knocked across the room. He never hit her again, but all he needed to do was raise his voice or give that look to have her appease him and give in to his demands, peace at any price.
What Is Domestic Violence
Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of behavi ...
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- Alcoholism: The Basics, The Dangers, And Getting Help
By: Gabriel Adams | - According to the medical community, alcoholism is a disease and/or addiction to the consumption of alcohol, and an inability to recognize the disabling effects of excessive alcohol consumption. An individual suffering from alcoholism has a dependence on alcohol, and may suffer severe withdrawal symptoms whilst he or she is not intoxicated.
Individuals may have a predisposition toward developing alcoholism through genetics, while others may simply develop the disease through impro ...
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- How To Break The Addiction To Anger
By: Brenda Shoshanna | - Addiction to anger is one of the most common and lethal addictions, and one most seldom recognized. The anger addict becomes hooked by the false sense of power anger brings. As the addiction grows, it consumes more and more of their lives, producing painful consequences.
It is easy to become addicted. We are all creatures of habit. Habits provide a sense of certainty, security and stability in our lives. When they are disrupted our sense of well being becomes easily threatened. Ho ...
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- How Parents Can Prevent The Long-term Effects Of A Trauma
By: Angela Abbette | - Let us hope that your child will not experience any major trauma in his or her developing years. But even if a trauma should occur, it doesn't have to be a "life-shattering event." More than fifty years of research, beginning with the study of children who experienced the London bombings in World War II, has shown us that children can adapt surprisingly well to most of life's hardships. They may not bounce back immediately, but they can adjust to a wide variety of stresses and go on to live sati ...
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- Violence On Tv Continues Unabated: How Concerned Parents Can Respond
By: Katherine Westphal | - Between 1998 and 2005, the number of violent incidents on prime time network TV grew by 75%. There is now an average of 4.41 instances of violence per hour during prime time, according to a recently released report by the Parent's Television Council. Those statistics do not include the increase in violence on cable TV, which would probably drive the numbers higher.
For anyone watching TV, these numbers probably do not come as too much of a shock. However, given the plethora of ...
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- Cocaine: The Real Life Effects
By: Gabriel Adams | - When exploring the negative effects associated with cocaine abuse, it is important to know that this illegal substance possesses one of the most powerful central nervous system stimulants found in nature. The white, crystalline powder comes from the coca plant that often grows in climates such as the highlands in South America. While the coca leaves once served as a medicinal aid in the Andes, it has now turned into a chemical monster that is sold on the streets as one of the most notoriously ad ...
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- Effects Of Video Games On Children
By: Mary Lorainne | - Video games came into our living room and into our life about 50 years ago. As the technology for the games improved, people recognized it as a business opportunity. With money making as the sole aim, game developers thought it fit to feed the basic cravings of humans - violence, vulgarity and perverseness. And they have been unleashing their despicable fare on the unsuspecting but highly impressionable young minds of children all these years. Researches conducted by organizations like, American ...
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- Four Major Negative Effects Of Alcohol
By: Adrian Adams | - Alcoholism is a growing problem in the United States and is even a problem in teenagers, too. Unfortunately, there are a variety of negative effects that are associated with the consumption of alcohol. While the negative effects can either be long term or short term, all of them start with the first drink of alcohol. Negative effects may not become apparent immediately, but as time goes on, the adverse effects of alcohol will become more and more noticeable and, in some cases, they can even lead ...
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- Discover Fish Oil's Powerful Ability For Fighting Depression And Violence
By: Kallore Gandhi | - Among the various things that fish oil fights including Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, ADD, and heart disease, it has also been shown to be quite useful in fighting the neurological disorder known as depression.
One study, titled "Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acid status as a predictor of future suicide risk," by M. Sublette and other authors tracked 33 depressed patients that were not on any medication at the time. They tracked the omega-3 fatty acid levels (sup ...
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- Effects Of Alcohol Consumption
By: Jack Smith | - Short-term effects
Even at low concentrations, alcohol can stimulate areas of the brain. The areas that get stimulated include the cortex, hippocamus and nucleus accumbens. These are responsible for the processes of thinking and pleasure seeking. Alcohol is rapidly absorbed by the stomach, especially if it is empty, and quickly enters the individuals blood stream, thus penetrating all the tissues. A variety of factors influence its effects, including age, sex , size and weight of the p ...
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