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Christopher Dorner rampage one year later: 'Reign of terror' or overblown?
Those who have endured traumatic stress are at risk of increased substance abuse, increased levels of family difficulties, including spousal and child abuse, and isolation. “One of the most concerning is when people isolate themselves from others …
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The remarkable impact of yoga breathing for trauma
Side effects of PTSD include rage, violence, insomnia, alienation, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. … Research in non-veteran populations shows that it's helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and even gene expression for immunity.
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Chemical Dependence: Stages of Grief and Abuse vs. Addiction – Abuse and addiction are specified in this section by their characteristics, symptoms, and dynamics. Visit our Psychology Videos page for more information abo…

Women who were abuse as children are more likely to grow up as food addicts
Dr Susan Mason, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues studied 57,321 adult participants, looking at physical and sexual child abuse histories in 2001 and current food addiction in 2009. Defining food …
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Best selling author and investigative journalist David Sheff on drug abuse and …
… author of Beautiful Boy, offers a myth-shattering look at drug abuse and treatment, based on the latest scientific evidence and his own hard-won expertise as an investigative journalist who worked for over a decade to save his own son from addiction.
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Question by cutecandie: How many parents are unaware that they’re abusing their children?
I just need to know how many parents are unintentionally abusing their kids for this project I’m doing at school. I need an actual number or percent, statistic. Thanx!!!

Best answer:

Answer by RuthAnn
I don’t know if this will help or not, but I am betting that most parents who physically abuse their children are aware that what they are doing is not proper, while the parents who are emotionally abusing their kids are less aware of what they are doing. Probably very difficult to get statistics on mental abuse because those cases are under reported for sure.

Answer by Joe
I don’t think it’s possible to assign a number to this – at least not one that can be considered anything but a guess.    Read more...

Daniel Spargo-Mabbs death: Two men charged over drugs supply
Daniel's mother Fiona Spargo-Mabbs told BBC London 94.9: "I've got two boys and they really are the most amazing boys. He's just so lovely." She said her son "knew all the statistics" about drug use because "they get all the talks at school – they have …
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Arrests in St. Clair Skyrocket in 2013
Other statistics of note for 2013 included 61 driving while intoxicated arrests, 13 drug overdoses, 23 child abuse or endangering cases, 58 suicide threats or attempted suicides and 64 trespassing complaints. All of those category numbers were similar …
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Addiction Hotline — Drug Abuse Hotline for Parents – The Addiction Hotline was created to help Parents, Teens, Husbands and Wives, Friends or Family get help anytime day or night with one easy to use phone numb…

Volunteer group brings food to San José's homeless
Naranja is about as grassroots as an organization can get: They have no budget, offices, meetings, website or hotline. Acosta started the effort seven years ago with her husband, … The Municipality budgets ?100 million (about $ 200,000) annually to …
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Andrea Clevenger Of TLC'S 'Cheer Perfection' Charged With Rape Of Boy, 13
Police began an investigation following a tip from the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline in November. … Andy Dick smirks in his mugshot after being arrested at a restaurant in Temecula, California, for allegedly being under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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Methamphetamine Abuse – Dr. Carlo Oller, emergency physician, talks about Methamphetamine Abuse.

Madison County Woman Arrested For Meth Lab, Child Abuse
Tallahassee FL-One fight between family members led Madison County Sheriff's Deputies to one of the biggest Meth Busts they have ever seen. "She was going around the yard talking about how there were people out to get her, she was talking about there …
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We need to shine spotlight on meth woes
There is an engaged group using the structure of Facebook to generate light, share ideas, and research fresh thinking. I invite you to join the conversation on Facebook: Humboldt Meth Abuse Awareness Project (https://www.facebook.com/groups/HMAAP/).
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