In a randomized trial, a home visiting program reduced physical and
psychological abuse after 1 year of participation and had the greatest impact on first - time and psychologically vulnerable mothers after 2 years of participation.
In a randomized trial, a home visiting program reduced physical and
psychological abuse after 1 year of participation and had the greatest impact on first - time and psychologically vulnerable mothers after 2 years of participation.
Not exact matches
After going through
psychological evaluation, we unearthed old scars from this person being
abused as a child.
«A number of adolescents are both victims of cyberbullying and perpetrators of cyberbullying, but victims are at higher risk for
psychological and behavior health problems, like substance
abuse,
after six months of bullying.»
Children who have been
abused, people who are mentally ill or the ones with
psychological disorders, drug addicts, rape victims, disaster victims are treated and looked
after until they are fit and healthy enough to take on life.
Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low
psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (
after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of
abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.
The term «domestic violence» is used to describe physical, sexual, or
psychological abuse.31 In addition to immediate health concerns due to injuries and emotional distress, survivors can experience a wide variety of longer - term cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune system problems stemming from
abuse.32 These health problems may contribute to victims» higher annual health care costs up to 15 years
after the
abuse ends.33
Another study of the entire population of Swedish children found that Swedish children from single - parent families were about twice as likely to have
psychological problems, attempt suicide, or struggle with substance
abuse, compared to their peers from two - parent families, even
after controlling for socioeconomic differences and parents» history of
psychological problems (see figure below).