Sentences with phrase «mentally ill family members»

Some believe that during the 1800 - 1900s, a «disappointment room» was a small room in the attic of a home where mentally ill family members were kept to keep them from being seen by the public.

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Negative complementarity is evident in the sick family organism in which one member is unconsciously «chosen» by the family to be the «black sheep» or mentally ill member.

General News of Friday, 18 May 2018 Source: Graphic.com.gh A number of inmates at the mental hospital have been abandoned by their family members Two hundred and fifty mentally ill patients have been abandoned by their relations for many years at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital (APH).

Another scenario is a murder committed by a mentally ill son or another family member who is psychotic and thinks the victim is plotting against him.

«These crimes are often preventable if family members are more informed about the potential danger from having someone who is severely mentally ill in the home and who may have shown violent tendencies in the past,» Hanlon said.

Students in classrooms across Southern Illinois face profound obstacles to learning due to «Adverse Childhood Experiences» or ACEs, which include one or more of the following: verbal, physical or sexual abuse; family dysfunction (an incarcerated, mentally ill, or substance - abusing family member); domestic violence; or absence of a parent because of divorce or separation.

Young carers are children and young people under the age of 18 who provide unpaid care to a family member or friend who is disabled, physically or mentally ill, or misuses substances.

Ten types of childhood adversity were included in an intake questionnaire: emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; emotional and physical neglect; and five types of family dysfunction — a mother treated violently, a mentally ill parent, an alcoholic (or other substance - abusing) parent, losing a parent through abandonment or divorce, and a family member in prison.