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Lifschitz, Marta H., Geraldine S. Wilson, E. O'Brian Smith, and Murdina M. Desmond. "Factors Affecting Head Growth and Intellectual Function in Children of Drug Addicts." Pediatrics 75, no. 2 (February 1, 1985): 269–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.75.2.269.
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The effect of maternal heroin and methadone use on head growth and neurodevelopmental performance was studied in preschool children of untreated heroin addicts (n = 25), women receiving methadone therapy (n = 26), and a drug-free comparison group (n = 41) who had been followed from birth. The mean birth head circumference of both groups of drug-exposed infants was significantly below that of the comparison group; however, the only factors determined by multiple regression analysis as associated with head size at birth were maternal nutritional status and birth weight. By preschool age, head size did not differ significantly among groups. The factors associated with postnatal head growth were birth weight, intrapartum risk score, and race. Data show an increased incidence of low-average and mildly retarded intellectual performance in the drugexposed children. Regression analyses demonstrated that amount of prenatal care, prenatal risk score, and home environment were most predictive of intellectual performance and that the degree of maternal narcotic use was not a significant factor.
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Prewitasari, Kuswidianti Dharma. "KOMUNIKASI KELOMPOK DI DALAM RUMAH REHABILITASI KELUARGA KEMBANG CAHAYA." Commed : Jurnal Komunikasi dan Media 3, no. 2 (July 31, 2019): 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.33884/commed.v3i2.1283.
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The increasingly modern like-day era, or commonly called the millennial era, is increasingly worrying about the rise of drug abuse. Many users or addicts come from children who are still underage. This is a serious problem for the Indonesian people, because generations are very easily involved in drug abuse cases and other legal actions. Related to drug problems, one step that needs to be done in handling this case by providing rehabilitation to users or addictions through drug use. The most important drug addicts in the rehabilitation center for the former drug addicts. One of the rehabilitation places in the city of Purwokerto under the name Kembang Cahaya Family Community. The Kembang Cahaya Family Community (Kekaca) is a group of organizations that want to use drug addicts in the healing process. Memory is a rehabilitation house for drug addicts who really want to recover on their own volition and not from solicitation. The pattern of family communication in the Messages is very pronounced. Communication that is like a relationship between a father and his children. In addition, activities in rehabilitation are also filled with a variety of positive activities, both spiritual and non-spiritual in order to be converted into the busyness and emptiness of the junkies in a more positive direction.
Keywords: Communication, Community, Drugs, Rehabilitation, Kekaca.
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Trulsson, Karin. "Masculine and feminine in a melting pot – A gendered perspective on substance abuse." Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 20, no. 1 (February 2003): 5–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/145507250302000107.
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The purpose of this article is to describe similarities and differences between female and male substance abuse and to discuss what implications these may have or should have for treatment. The article mainly draws on qualitative social research. The material consists of a theoretic overview of Scandinavian empirical interdisciplinary research on male and female substance abuse. The focus is on marginalised abusers, who are the main targets of society's measures and interventions. The theoretical framework is built mainly on gender studies, but such terms as class and culture are also used. The analysis of the similarities and differences between male and female substance abuse is based on the concepts of gender contract, social ideal, gendered division of work, and socialisation (Hirdman 1988). As far as drugs are concerned, the social ideal is zero tolerance for both genders. In contrast, controlled use of alcohol is tolerated, while the social norm is that male drinking is more acceptable than female drinking. The fact that female drinking is considered more condemnable than male drinking contributes to the worse self-esteem and the higher prevalence of depression and suicide attempts among women. The requirements of “respectability”, care duties and sexual control that are imposed on women from the working- class perspective (Skeggs 1997) increase the demands made of women, whose substance abuse also tends to be associated with a greater sexual availability. The gendered division of work traditionally gives the main responsibility for home and children to the woman. In general, women to a greater extent than men make efforts to fulfil this ideal by stopping or controlling their substance abuse during pregnancy and the time they spend with children. However, there are also examples of both ‘oppositional’ men who shoulder the main responsibility for home and children and of ‘emancipated’ women who hand over the responsibility to the man and other close persons and in the case of which drug abuse can be seen as a part of the emancipation process. It has been possible to compensate for inadequate socialisation, i.e. the teen-age years that many women have “lost” due to substance abuse, by residential treatment of addicted women. Research findings indicate that abusers with poor treatment outcomes in residential treatment that is mainly given to men call for the same kind of treatment as that given to women. It has also been shown that the treatment of women does not meet the needs of women who have rejected the traditional female role model. Both new masculinities (Connell 1996) and new feminities emerge in a society in which masculine and feminine are in a melting pot. This involves a risk that men and women who do not adapt to the traditional role model become losers with regard to substance abuse services in the same way as the most marginalised abusers. Less attention is also being devoted to them in substance abuse research. Accordingly, research from both the gender and the class perspective could open up new perspectives and paths for the treatment of substance abusers.
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Ahmad Shahril, Nurul Saidatus Shaja'ah, Zarinah Arshat, and Haikal Anuar Adnan. "Parental stress and depression symptoms among B40 wives of drug addicts in Malaysia: Resilience as a mediator." F1000Research 11 (August 18, 2022): 954. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.123365.1.
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Background: The prevalence of depression is higher among women in the general population. While previous studies have contributed to demonstrating a higher risk of depression among women, there is a scarcity of studies on depression issues among women who experienced life as a spouse to drug addicts. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the association between parental stress faced in raising children and depression. Moreover, the study intended to examine the impact of parental stress on depression as mediated by resilience. Methods: Using the purposive sampling method, a total of 132 B40 wives of drug addicts were chosen to participate in this study. Data were collected from six states in Malaysia using a structured questionnaire consisting of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and Zung’s Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). SmartPLS software version 3.3.7 was used to analyze the data collected. Results: Path analysis revealed that parental stress was significantly associated with depression through resilience. Specifically, the indirect effect highlighted that resilience was a partial mediator in the association between parental stress and depression. Nevertheless, it is also shown that even after accounting for the mediating role of resilience, parental stress still has a positive impact on depression. Conclusions: The present study proffers additional strategies to drug addicts’ wives, advocates, academicians, practitioners, and policymakers to approach depression issues in this community for better well-being.
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Mudzkiyyah, Lainatul. "Analisis Psikopatologi Sindroma Depresi Pecandu Narkoba Kini Abstinen yang Mengalami Stroke." PHILANTHROPY: Journal of Psychology 2, no. 1 (December 6, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.26623/philanthropy.v2i1.1136.
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<p>This study aimed to uncover how to analyze psychopathology in depth about drug addicts with depression syndrome after abstinence from substances and suffer a stroke. This study involved one (1) male subject, aged 22 years, drug addicts are now abstinent in drug rehabilitation treatment, experiencing depression, and stroke due to substances. This study used a qualitative approach to case studies. Data extraction in this study used observation, in-depth interviews, medical records, and psychological tests such SPM (Scale Progressive Matrick), Graphics (BAUM, DAP, HTP, WTZ), BDI II. The results of this study indicated that introverted personality types, low cognitive abilities, family neglect contributed to depression syndrome with poor prognosis. Other than that, experiencing depression was not caused by abstinence of substances but because of psychological factors.<strong></strong></p>
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Nursanti, Mutia, Rahtami Susanti, and Bayu Setiawan. "Criminal Liability of Child in Drug Circulation Case (Study of Decision Number 31/PID.SUS.ANAK/2015/PN.BKS)Criminal Liability of Child in Drug Circulation Case (Study of Decision Number 31/PID.SUS.ANAK/2015/PN.BKS)." UMPurwokerto Law Review 2, no. 2 (September 29, 2021): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.30595/umplr.v2i2.8675.
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The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (Komisi Perlindungan Anak Indonesia, KPAI) found an increase in the involvement of children in the narcotics trade. In 2018, 5.9 million children in Indonesia were exposed as narcotics addicts, 27 percent of them or 1.6 million became narcotics dealers. This study aims to determine the criminal responsibility of children in narcotics trafficking cases in Decision Number 31/Pid.Sus.anak/2015/PN.BKS. The method used in this research is normative juridical. Based on the results of the study, the criminal responsibility of children in narcotics trafficking cases was legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 111 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 132 paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics and sentenced to imprisonment for 7 months taking into account that the Defendant's actions are contrary to the government's program which is actively eradicating narcotics trafficking, the Defendant regrets his actions and promises not to do it again, the Defendant is still underage and lacks attention from his parents, the Defendant has never been punished. So that narcotics cases against children do not grow rapidly, an anti-narcotics ambassador program is held in each school regularly every year so that school students are always reminded not to abuse narcotics and in the RT/RW/Village community a task force for handling narcotics abuse is formed to prevent abuse as early as possible. narcotics in the environment are still. Keywords: Criminal Liability, Children, Narcotics Circulation
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Atamewan, Eugene Ehimatie. "Architecture and Societal Problems: Development of Rehab Facility for Drug Addicts Reintegration." Journal of Studies in Science and Engineering 2, no. 4 (December 30, 2022): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.53898/josse2022241.
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Drug abuse problems in recent times have become an issue of grave concern and worrisome globally, with similar consequences for society. The paper emphasized the role of architecture in facilitating a therapeutic process for drug addicts in rehabilitation centre design as one of the solutions to this problem. Architectural spaces undoubtedly affect and influence the actions and attitudes of users. The study aims to integrate therapeutic techniques in rehabilitation centre design with enhanced spatial efficiency for holistic patient treatment to integrate them back into society. The methodology of the study is both theoretical and practical, involving a literature review, appraisal of case studies; observations, use of interviews and architectural design principles to formulate and produce a design model for a rehab centre in Calabar, Nigeria. Findings revealed that there are no known well-designed centres to rehabilitate victims of drug addiction in Calabar, Nigeria. The few centres available function as detention and discriminating spaces. The study concludes that rehab centres that focus on the therapeutic healing principles approach, which deals with patients’ mental, psychological, social and spiritual needs, should be developed in Calabar and other cities in Nigeria for swift rehabilitation of addicts.
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Thanuzraj, Lazar Stanislaus. "Ministry and Contextualized Mission." Mission Studies 21, no. 2 (2004): 271–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573383042653712.
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AbstractIn this article, Indian missiologist Lazar Stanislaus reflects briefly on the nature of ministry, whether lay or ordained. He then proposes a number of new ministries which are emerging out of the contemporary Indian context, among which are ministries to street children, drug addicts, prostitutes and their children, and the ministry of empowering women. In a third section the author suggests that commitment to Jesus, learning from the people, promoting individual initiative, working for the leadership of marginalized peoples and a knowledge of other religions are ways by which new contextualized ministries can emerge in the church. Finally, five challenges to such ministries are proposed. Only when these challenges are met will ministry in the Indian Church – or any church – be truly rooted in the local context, and so truly reflect the ministry of Jesus himself.
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Eckenwiler, Lisa. "Why Not Retribution? The Particularized Imagination and Justice for Pregnant Addicts." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 32, no. 1 (2004): 89–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2004.tb00452.x.
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The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing, Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring.Rohinton Misuy, A Fine Balance;When the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the conviction and twelve-year sentence of Regina McKnight, it affirmed that state 's commitment to bring the full force of the law to the punishment of pregnant women who use drugs. Prosecutors linked the delivery of Ms.McKnight 's stillborn baby to her use of cocaine, and argued successfully for a finding of homicide by child abuse. The McKnight judgment follows the South Carolina Supreme Court decision in the case of Cornelia Whitner. Whitner was sentenced to prison for illegal drug use during pregnancy on the grounds that the viable fetus is a child under the state s criminal child endangerment statute.On the basis of constitutional concerns such as due process and privacy, worries that criminal prosecutions may thwart public policy goals such as keeping families together and promoting the health of women and children, and findings that legislatures did not intend to include the fetus in the scope of drug laws or child abuse and neglect laws, criminal prosecution has been resisted in most jurisdictions.
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Adlouni, Youssra El, Joumana El Masrioui, Zakaria Wakrim, El Jamili Mohammed, El Karimi Saloua, Benzarouel Dounia, and El Hattaoui Mustapha. "Infectious Endocarditis of the Right Heart: Complication of Central Venous Catheter: About A Case." Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports 10, no. 9 (September 30, 2022): 978–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i09.029.
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Endocarditis of the right heart is a rare pathology, affecting in most cases the tricuspid valve. It affects more patients with congenital heart disease, patients with central catheters or intra-cardiac foreign material, and is frequently seen in drug addicts, particularly in those with positive HIV serology or immunocompromised patients. There are few studies focusing solely on right heart endocarditis and these are mainly conducted in industrialized countries. We report in this observation the case of a 48-year-old patient diagnosed with infective endocarditis of the right heart related to a catheter superinfection in an immunocompromised environment. The interest of our work lies in the seriousness of this condition and the need for early therapeutic and preventive measures.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Children of drug addicts Case studies"
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Long, Amanda H. "Family dependency treatment courts case studies from Mecklenburg County's families in recovery Staying Together (First) Program /." View electronic thesis (PDF), 2009. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2009-2/longa/amandalong.pdf.
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Mason, Marcelle S. "The effectiveness of a group treatment program for children of addicted parents." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28718.
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Titled "Children of Addicted Parents", the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a psycho-educational group intervention
for latency age children of alcoholics. The treatment group consisted of eleven children between the ages of eight and twelve, who have lived or who are living with an alcoholic parent or stepparent.
Referrals were obtained from elementary school guidance counsellors, Family Service Agencies, Alcohol and Drug Programs and the Ministry of Social Services and Housing. The children and three therapists met one hour a week for nine weeks. The group's dual objectives include educating the children about alcoholism/drug addiction and its effect on the family as well as enhancing the childrens' inherent strengths by teaching strategies to increase self-esteem, problem solving and other coping skills. The program's objectives were carried out through brief lectures, discussion, film, art and therapeutic games. The treatment model has been evaluated using a quasi-experimental design. There was a significant
change in the intensity of behaviour problems with a trend for a decrease in the number of problems, as well as a decrease in depression. In addition there was a tendency for an increase in self-esteem.Arts, Faculty of
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Donoghue, Kathleen J. "Perceived harms and benefits of parental cannabis use, and parents’ reports regarding harm-reduction strategies." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1592.
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This research focussed on families in which at least one parent was a long-term cannabis user; I explored family members’ perceptions of the benefits and harms of cannabis use and the strategies parents used to minimise cannabis-related harm to themselves and their children. In depth, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 43 individuals from 13 families, producing a series of family case studies that enabled examination of multiple perspectives within each family. In Study 1, I used an interpretive framework guided by Miles and Huberman’s (1994) thematic content analysis technique to analyse interview data, while study 2 yielded detailed descriptive vignettes that examined how the use of cannabis played out in particular families. Cannabis users have been portrayed as stereotypically lazy, unhealthy, deviant, and criminal. However, this was not the case with the current sample, whose lifestyles revolved around employment and family life. Parents claimed to use cannabis in a responsible way that minimised harm to self and family. Few reported personal experiences of harm and most did not believe that their children had been adversely affected by their use of cannabis. Nonetheless, children’s awareness of parental cannabis use, and access to the parent’s cannabis supply, occurred at a younger age than parents suspected. Parents reported harm reduction strategies that targeted five broad areas: (1) Dosage control; (2) Dependency; (3) Acute risk; (4) Long-term harm; and (5) Harm to children. The current study points to common-sense ways of reducing harm, such as being discreet about cannabis use; using less potent strains; prioritising family and work responsibilities; being careful about where cannabis was obtained; not mixing cannabis with tobacco; and limiting any financial outlay. The harm reduction strategies identified in this research might be helpful in the forensic evaluation, safety planning, and treatment of parental cannabis use. The validity of the current findings was enhanced by having independent data on the same topic from each family member’s point of view, including non-using partners and children, and by including both convergent and divergent data.
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O'Brien, Siobhan. "The ultimate alternative : a single case study understanding Jason's journey from addiction to self-recovery." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences, c2012, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3110.
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The purpose of this research was to understand the lived experience of a person with a substance addiction that uses or has used alternative therapies for treatment. A single-case study approach was used to understand the lived experiences of Jason, a male in his mid-forties who is healing from a substance addiction. Through in-person interviewing and reading personal manuscripts written by the participant, data were collected. The data were analysed and interpreted using phenomenological and integral hermeneutics. Through the interpretations, it was clear that a major contributing factor to Jason’s drug use was the negative experiences he was carrying from his past. Once he was able to let go of the negativity and let his higher power guide him, his healing journey took a positive turn. Today, Jason lives in the moment and does not need drugs to heal the hurt he is feeling inside. He uses his ultimate alternative method, derived from within himself, to guide his journey in recovery.viii, 155 leaves ; 29 cm
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馮祥添 and Cheung-tim Fung. "Recovery from chronic drug abuse: lifestyle change in relapse prevention." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45015752.
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Wong, Man-cheung Barton, and 王文璋. "Case study of young drug abuser in Tsuen Wan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42128559.
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Dhand, Amar. "Peer learning among a group of heroin addicts in India : an ethnographic study." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0103cc06-7f34-432e-9499-5b06c8bf8757.
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This is an ethnographic account of peer learning among a group of heroin 'addicts' in Delhi, India. This study responds to the limited attention given to 'naturalistic' or 'informal' peer learning patterns in the educational literature, and the lack of explicit exploration of the phenomenon among drug user populations. The study involved seven and a half months of fieldwork with the predominant use of participant observation and semi-structured interviews to generate data. Analysis was inductive and interpretive with the use of situated learning theory to 'tease out' patterns in the data. The participants were using and non-using addicts affiliated to SHARAN, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the religious marketplace of Yamuna Bazaar. The group included approximately 300-500 members, 20 of whom were main informants. Analysis of the group organization revealed community-based and masculinity-based characteristics that enabled the group to manage stigma, promote 'positive' ideals, and co-construct nonhegemonic masculinities. Peer-based outreach was identified as a form of 'institutional' peer learning in which peer educators performed the roles of 'doctor', 'role model', and 'counsellor' during interactions with 'clients' that had the effect of disempowering clients in many cases. The practice of poetry in which peers created couplets in alternating exchanges was identified as one form of naturalistic peer learning that entailed processes of legitimate peripheral participation, meaning negotiation, and reflective learning. Street 'doctory' in which peers provided medical care in the form of procedures, illness discussions, and health consultancy was identified as another naturalistic peer learning pattern involving processes of legitimate peripheral participation, meaning negotiation, and learning through teaching. These findings suggest that naturalistic peer learning involved co-participatory processes that manifested in a diversity of everyday practices. It is recommended that engaging these processes and practices would be useful for interventions, while further research should explore such patterns in other contexts.
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Johnson, Elizabeth Proffitt. "A Case Study of Intervention with an At-Risk Preschool Child." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9080/.
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This study evaluates archival data from a home intervention with an at-risk preschool child and her family. The intervention model studied was created by the Developmental Research Lab at Texas Christian University. Data was collected prior to and during the first 4 weeks of intervention to assess change in parent-child interaction, behavior and neurochemical profile. Measures used include coding of videotape recordings of the intervention, neurotransmitter levels taken via subject urine samples, Child Behavior Checklist, Parent Stress Index, and ACTeRS Parent Form. Results suggest positive change in parent-child interaction, behavior and neurochemical profile. However, consistent growth was not observed in several neurochemical results. Future studies should assess the entirety of the home intervention model and with a larger sample size.
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Kwan, Ming-tak Kalwan, and 關明德. "Drugs, peers, gangs, and crime: an interactional model." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893636.
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Prinsloo, Melanie. "Drug addiction as a problem-determined system : a case study." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3382.
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The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of how a problem-determined
system developed around a case of drug addiction within the context of a system of
relatedness. The epistemological framework informing this qualitative study was
constructivism. The six participants who took part in the study represent the most
prominent role players in the particular context of living. The individual battling with drug
addiction, his parents, older sister, maternal grandmother and maternal aunt were
interviewed. The methods of data collection employed were semi-structured interviews, a
family-chronological event chart, genograms, and an eco-map. The interviews were
interpreted using the hermeneutic approach. The different themes that emerged from each
participant’s story were integrated in relation to each other and with respect to the
collaborative sources of data. The most dominant themes extracted within this study are
the initial reactions to Andrew’s drug addiction, life changes experienced due to Andrew’s
drug addiction, support, as well as the meanings attributed to Andrew’s drug addiction.
Further research into problem-determined systems in different cultures is recommended.Psychology
Thesis (M.A. (Clinical Psychology)) Psychology
Books on the topic "Children of drug addicts Case studies"
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Ronit, Haimoff-Ayali, ed. Be-tsel ha-hitmakrut: Pegiʻot ṿe-tiḳṿah shel mitbagrim she-gadlu ʻim horeh makhur. Ḳiryat Byaliḳ: Aḥ, 2009.
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Magnusen, Debbe A. It's never dull!!!: A comprehensive book about foster parenting drug-addicted and abused children. Great Bend, Kan: C.E.D.A.R, 1991.
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The lost child: A mother's story. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2009.
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Myerson, Julie. The lost child: A mother's story. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2009.
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Miller, Susan J. Never let me down: A memoir. New York: Henry Holt, 1998.
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Hooked: Five addicts challenge our misguided drug rehab system. New York: New Press, 2001.
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Un prêtre chez les drogués. [Paris]: Fayard, 1986.
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Wilson, Bob. Enablers can kill addicts. Waco, Tex: AMA Nystrom Printing, 2005.
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Richmond, C. Adam. Twisted: Inside the mind of a drug addict. Northvale, N.J: Jason Aronson, 1997.
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Twisted: One drug addict's desperate struggle for recovery. Chicago: Noble Press, 1992.
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Wittenstrom, Kim, Donald J. Baumann, John D. Fluke, J. Christopher Graham, and Joyce James. "The Impact of Drugs, Infants, Single Mothers, and Relatives on Reunification." In Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection, 194–214. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190059538.003.0009.
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Using a Decision-Making Ecology (DME) approach and proportional hazards models, the study reviewed in this chapter isolated four case factor profiles that interacted strongly with race and resulted in disparate reunification outcomes for African American children compared with Anglos. The four interrelated factors were drug involvement, a solo infant case, single mothers, and relative placements. A cohort of 21,763 children from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services who were placed for the first time in care, who were under 13, and were either Anglo or African American were followed for 20 months or more post entry into care. Starting with an initial model consisting of main effects only and consistent with other studies, African American children had a 12% lower hazard rate of reunification compared to Anglo children. However, when a set of case profiles involving combinations of single parents, single infants, drug involvements, and kinship placements were crossed with race, the magnitude of the effect of race on hazard rates fanned out from no difference to as much as 68% that of Anglo children. The results show that racial disparities in outcomes resulting from complex, contextual decision-making cannot be modeled well with simple main effects models.
Conference papers on the topic "Children of drug addicts Case studies"
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Carneiro, Gabriela Coutinho Amorim, Deborah Calado Coelho, and Suzana Bastos Batista. "Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of primary dystonia of the pediatric population: a review." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.596.
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Background: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical technique widely used for the treatment of several pathologies, such as Parkinson’s Disease and dystonias. Dystonias, primary or secondary, have several determining factors, among which we can mention genetic mutations, that, generally, do not respond satisfactorily to drug treatments. The difficult control of dystonias makes its management complex, since they are progressive, and, as a consequence, surgical options are often necessary. Objectives: To identify the impact of the use of DBS on the prognosis of children with primary dystonia. Methods: The present work consists of an integrative literature review, in which a careful search was carried out from databases available on the internet, such as Google Scholar, MedScape, Scielo and PubMed, using the following keywords combined in pairs: deep brain stimulation, pediatrics and primary dystonia. The research was carried out in English and Portuguese and, at the end, 10 articles published between the years 2017 and 2021 were selected. Results: Through analysis, it was observed that DBS proved to be an excellent therapy, with good results, especially for patients with primary dystonia, who were more susceptible to showing improvements in motor symptoms. Of these patients, those who have a mutation in the DYT1 gene seemed to respond better when it comes to disabling symptoms, as well as those who have known genetic etiologies. Conclusions: Although there is a limited number of studies related to the pediatric population, the use of DBS for dystonias, especially primary ones, seems to be an excellent therapeutic option for patients refractory to drug therapy. In any case, studies aimed at this group are still necessary in order to enrich and support the current evidence.