Sentences with phrase «youth drug abuse»

Youth drug abuse treatment: A controlled outcome study.

Like her predecessors, the first lady chose a cause to endorse and in 1982 launched her «Just Say No» campaign to fight youth drug abuse.

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They deplore the enormities of private or underworld sinning — the breakdown of the family, sexual promiscuity, pornography, drug abuse, crime, indiscriminate youth violence.

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Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

Every international survey has the UK plummeting, be it on teenage STDs, drug abuse, family breakdown, youth unemployment etc etc..

NACOB as part of its strategies to intensify the advocacy campaign against drug abuse and trafficking is calling on the youth to refrain from engaging in acts that would jeopardize their future.

«We must commend the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, for this great move in raising awareness about the menace as drug abuse among our youth is not only harmful but on a geometric increase.

The Youth Initiative for Drug Research Information Support and Education, otherwise known as Youth Rise and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Connect have lauded the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over his new initiative aimed at addressing and solving the prevalence of drug abuse in many parts of NigeDrug Research Information Support and Education, otherwise known as Youth Rise and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Connect have lauded the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over his new initiative aimed at addressing and solving the prevalence of drug abuse in many parts of Nigedrug abuse in many parts of Nigeria.

In separate press statements issued on Saturday, 30th September 2017, and signed by the President of Youth Rise, Adeolu Adebiyi, and the Secretary of APC Youth Connect, Farida Odinga Suleiman, respectively, the NGOs stated that they were delighted that the President of the Senate was leading the drive to address the menace of drug abuse in the country.

Most times our youth don't realize that drug abuse has negative and damaging impact on them, like decrease in intelligence, mental disorder, death and many other kinds of diseases,» APC Youth Connect styouth don't realize that drug abuse has negative and damaging impact on them, like decrease in intelligence, mental disorder, death and many other kinds of diseases,» APC Youth Connect stYouth Connect stated.

«It is in this light that we believe the call by the Senate President for a review of our drug laws is so timely and very welcomed,» Youth Rise said, «We look forward, that under His leadership, that an effective legal and policy framework will be developed to address and ameliorate the menace of illicit drugs, and the abuse of over the counter and prescription narcotic drugs in Nigeria.»

She said Northern youth, including women, were wasting their lives with drug abuse.

«On our part as a government, we shall continue to take preventive measures through public awareness campaign especially among our youths so that they are adequately informed on the danger inherent in drug abuse.»

Speaking at a retreat organized to sensitize youth and the community at Rigasa, lgabi local government area of Kaduna State, the Health Chairperson to the association, Pharmacist Aisha Ishaq Tukur, said it was imperative for government to impose a ban on drug hawkers for a total clampdown on drug abuse in the country.

Aregbesola said the statistics have shown the greater involvement of youths in various drug abuses, kidnappings, maiming, insurgency, armed robbery, internet fraudulence among others, stressing that unless youths develop a mind set of being productive, resourceful and useful to their nation, the futuristic hopes embedded and reserved in them would not be allowed to manifest.

«Our youths must abstain from drug abuse, gangsterism, hooliganism as well as any act of immorality that can ruin their brighter future and hamper them from getting to their ordained destines.

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However, the abuse of the drug is on the rise especially among especially the youth who rely on the product to enhance their sexual drive, prolong ejaculation and enhance performance.

According to Scarpino, the issues that he plans to address in his new role include Westchester's heroin and illegal drug epidemic — a situation he described as «a scourge that is destroying our youth» — as well as Internet predators, phone scams, child and elder abuse, domestic violence, and injustices against immigrants who he believes are preyed upon by people who take advantage of their fear of deportation.

The research focused on seventh - and eighth - grade students participating in the Camden Youth Development Study, an initiative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health.

Every year, up to two million youth in the U.S. will experience homelessness, and estimates suggest between 39 and 70 percent of homeless youth abuse drugs or alcohol.

Hall, the lead author, is a professor at the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University of Queensland, Australia, and is an expert on marijuana and other drug use issues.

The study offers the first comprehensive picture of drug and alcohol abuse and dependence in delinquent youth after detention.

«White delinquent youth more likely to abuse hard drugs than blacks: Findings call for reform addressing disproportionate incarceration of African Americans.»

Abuse and dependence on «hard drugs» (cocaine, hallucinogen or PCP, opiate, amphetamine and sedatives) are less common among delinquent African American youth than those who are non-Hispanic white, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

She spent her youth and teenage years struggling with alcohol, promiscuity, drug abuse, and cutting.

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The fact that 20 percent of all youths and 50 percent of black teen - agers are out of work, the Gallup Poll's president said, has resulted in major social problems such as teen - age crime, drug abuse, and alcoholism.

Schools» use of zero tolerance policies has been increasing since the 1980s as part of a societal movement to crack down on drug abuse and violence among youth.

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A youth advocate works on causes related to the youth like drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, peer pressure, alcohol abuse and so on and must have the background information about these issues so that he can promote these causes to the general public.

Contrary to popular belief, child and youth workers do not only help children and young adults with problems such as drug abuse and behavioral issues.

Performance Profile Results - driven Child and Youth Worker with over 12 years» track record of success assessing young people's needs in terms of health, fitness, education and relationships, with special focus on providing interventions in drug and alcohol abuse issues.

• Assisted in creating and implementing youth programs to meet the individual requirements of each participant • Engaged participants in conversation to determine what their specific needs are and provided feedback to youth worker • Provided support in determining the need for intervention in issues such as drug and alcohol abuse • Assisted participants in determining the type of services and resources they needed, and arranged for them to be made available • Acted as participants» advocate in front of social services and government departments

My Child is dealing with (Select One) Adjustment Disorder Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Antisocial Personality Disorder Anxiety Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorder Behavioral Disorders Bipolar Disorder Borderline Intellectual Functioning Conduct Disorder Depressive Disorder Developmental Disability Enuresis / Encopresis Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) Gender Identity Disorder Impulse Control Disorder Intermittent Explosive Disorder Major Depression with Psychotic Features Mild Mental Retardation Mood Disorder Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Personality Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Psychotic Disorder Reactive Attachment Disorder Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenia Seizure Disorder Sexual Behavior - Problematic Sexually Reactive Victim of Abuse (Sexual, Physical, and / or Emotional) Youth Who Have Sexually Reactive Behaviors

Most youth detention centers offer mental health counseling and drug abuse treatment, along with educational courses.

There is a growing and robust body of research that indicates that the influence of parents is the most underutilized tool in preventing youth substance abuse (e.g., Califano, 2000; Jenkins & Zunguze, 1998; Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1997; Resnick et al., 1997).

Infusing Early Intervention for Substance Use Into Community Mental Health Services for Transitioning Youth Taylor & Elizabeth (2011) Social Work in Mental Health, 9 (3) View Abstract Discusses the potential of effective alcohol and other drug (AOD) screening and early intervention practices for facilitating a healthy transition to adulthood for youth who experience considerable risk for substance abuse disorYouth Taylor & Elizabeth (2011) Social Work in Mental Health, 9 (3) View Abstract Discusses the potential of effective alcohol and other drug (AOD) screening and early intervention practices for facilitating a healthy transition to adulthood for youth who experience considerable risk for substance abuse disoryouth who experience considerable risk for substance abuse disorders.

Dr. Brown's research publications have included: Self - cutting and sexual risk among adolescents in intesive psychiatric treatment; Promoting safer sex among HIV - positive youth with hemophilia: Theory, intervention, and outcome; Predictors of retention among HIV / hemophilia health care professionals; Impact of sexual abuse on the HIV - risk - related behavior of adolescents in intensive psychiatric treatment; Heroin use in adolescents and young adults admitted for drug detoxification; and Children and adolescents living with HIV and AIDS: A review

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about youth violence and drug abuse prevention strategies.

A continuation of this research would assist with providing a deeper understanding of the parent - child relationship and drug use and abuse among African American youth.

The research was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, grant DA 010815, a longitudinal study known as the Capable Families and Youth study.

It is based on the belief that destructive and irresponsible youth behaviors such as violence, dishonesty, drug abuse, and sexual promiscuity have a common core: the absence of good character.

Family Checkup: Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse National Institute on Drug Abuse (2015) Offers parents five questions, developed by the Child and Family Center at the University of Oregon, that are important in preventing the initiation and progression of drug use among yoDrug Abuse National Institute on Drug Abuse (2015) Offers parents five questions, developed by the Child and Family Center at the University of Oregon, that are important in preventing the initiation and progression of drug use among yoDrug Abuse (2015) Offers parents five questions, developed by the Child and Family Center at the University of Oregon, that are important in preventing the initiation and progression of drug use among yodrug use among youth.

The program, in existence for more than twenty - five years, is designed for youth between the ages of eleven and eighteen who are delinquent, abuse drugs, or engage in violence.

YMCA Youth & Family Services offers programs for youth and families affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) such as: abuse, neglect, divorce, incarceration, alcohol or drug addictions, mental illness, Youth & Family Services offers programs for youth and families affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) such as: abuse, neglect, divorce, incarceration, alcohol or drug addictions, mental illness, youth and families affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) such as: abuse, neglect, divorce, incarceration, alcohol or drug addictions, mental illness, etc..

Risks of youth substance use, dependence, and need for illegal drug abuse treatment are generally higher among youth who live with a biological father and a stepmother than among youth who live with a biological mother and a stepfather.

Today we understand that factors related to adoption have the potential to significantly impact the mental health of adopted youth: pre-natal experiences including alcohol or drug exposure; lack of pre-natal care, birthmother stress or depression, as well as early life traumatic experiences including neglect and abuse.

The White House Drug Policy website itself gives us this «drama»: the highest risks of youth substance use, dependence, and need for illegal drug abuse treatment are found in families with a father and stepmotDrug Policy website itself gives us this «drama»: the highest risks of youth substance use, dependence, and need for illegal drug abuse treatment are found in families with a father and stepmotdrug abuse treatment are found in families with a father and stepmother.