Sentences with phrase «growing issue of abuse»

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«There are several steps that scientists, health care professionals and systems can take to better serve the individuals who have bravely served their countries, including an honest reckoning with the growing evidence base showing a disproportionately high burden of childhood abuse among military personnel, a genuine and continuous effort to diminish the stigma of disclosing childhood abuse, and allocation of resources for epidemiologic efforts and treatment modalities to address issues of childhood abuse among military personnel,» write John R. Blosnich, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Robert M. Bossarte, Ph.D., of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Regardless of your personal opinion about this issue, substance abuse is a fast - growing global problem, linked to a great number of health risks, that needs to be addressed by creating adequate policies.

Although she was neither a witness to nor victim of violence growing up, Pierce explains how she was confronted with the issue while teaching English in the Peace Corps when she realized her co-teacher, who she had become close to, was being abused by her husband.

The content of the work became more important: the architectural works were mainly formal (though I did finally realize that I was motivated to paint them by my childhood summers at the Jersey shore); with the farm landscapes I was thinking of issues of land use and abuse, the growing of food dependent upon petroleum, beauty amid machines and work.

This article originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of the ABA Journal with this headline: «Big Trouble: Experts say substance abuse and mental health issues are a growing problem for the legal profession.»

Louisville is a steadily growing city with large minority populations and many residents under the age of 18.2 These populations face many common mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, and substance use and abuse.