However, no one strain can be used to explain delinquency, sometimes they all even work together. 2. For this particular subject some a few sources I found were in "The Relationship between Juvenile Delinquency and Family Unit Structure" The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parental absence and juvenile delinquency and to determine if a link exists between the two variables. Data was collected from male juveniles who were alleged to have committed status or delinquent offenses between 1996 and 2004. Each offense was categorized according to the family unit (e.g., intact, father only, mother only, etc.
I asked them to describe the cultural attitudes and beliefs toward child rearing at the time each of their children were born. I also asked who the prominent psychologists and pediatricians were and what advice they were giving about parenting. Ruth and Steve explained that the books they read most were “Dare to Discipline” by Dr. James Dobson and “The Difficult Child” by Stanley Turecki and Leslie Tonner. They also said Dr. Brazelton was the doctor that most women referred to at the time. Ruth went on to say that it was the beginning of the time-out period and spanking was becoming a thing of the past.
SIDS cases have been studied and there have been several similarities found, but nothing points at a direct cause. Babies under stress, caused by infection, failure to develop, or the growth period, are more vulnerable to SIDS (Understanding the
These two pediatricians draw from their years of experience with patients as well as research to come to the conclusion that society is doing an extreme disservice to our mentally ill. If more were done to treat mental illness in young people then maybe our jails would not be so overcrowded with severely mentally ill individuals that fell through the cracks when they were young. These two medical professionals have devised a plan for creating better mental health care for young adults. Sabo, L. (2015). Cost of Not Caring.
In The Medicated child, FRONTLINE confronts psychiatrists, researchers and government regulators about the risks, benefits and many questions surrounding the topic of prescribing drugs for children. Bipolar disorder was believed to exist only in adults but in the mid-1990s it began to be diagnosed in children more and more. “I think the real question is, are those diagnoses right? And in truth, I don't think we yet know the answer." said Dr. Steven Hyman, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
Also, if the child is passed frequently throughout the infant years from orphanages and foster homes, there is no permanent bond formed with any caregiver for the child. Neglecting, abandoning, and not having a stable home are the most dangerous causes of Reactive Attachment Disorder. There are many other causes for a child developing RAD. According to Nancy Thomas, those are unwanted pregnancy, pre-birth exposure to trauma, drugs, alcohol, separation from primary caregiver due to illness or death, on-going pain such as ear infection or colic, and caring for the baby on a timed schedule which is self-centered
Trinity Horn Intro. To Writing Wilcoxon 9/15/2010 At 2 years, cocaine babies suffer cognitive development effects This article is about how many renowned researches wanted to prove their theories about the long term effects cocaine has on infants. The researches followed 415 cocaine-exposed infants to find out how prenatal cocaine exposure affected the developmental outcomes. During these studies they found that a lot of their results were flawed for several reasons; being, high drop-out rates, small sample sizes and etc. So to help them fix where they went wrong they added other factors into their study; such as, mothers’ vocabulary and mental health status.
Running head: The Medicated Child The Medicated Child Abstract In this report, I am going to place my views on a PBS television documentary called Frontlines, The Medicated Child. The documentary show the large increase in children who have the diagnosis of ADHD that are believed by many doctors to be misdiagnosed and indeed thought to have bipolar disorder. I will express my viewpoint on prescribing anti-psychotic medications and my disbelief on the parents of these children. The Medicated Child The video on the Medicated Child made me mad and quite sad that there are parents in this world that are so willing to give their children anti-psychotic medications with little or no knowledge on what they are putting in their bodies. It was stated several times that these anti-psychotic medications are used to treat adults with bipolar disorder and their side effects have never been studied in children, so these parent are using their children as what I would call a “lab rat” some sort of science experiment, unbelievable!
The increase in violent crime by youth is an alarming trend that has many contributing factors. An environment where violence is fed to our youth daily from all avenues including, home, school, and the media can only reinforce the concept of violence as the answer to our problems. Who has the answer for such dramatic damage in our society? Experts who have studied youthful offenders state that most of them grew up in broken and abusive families marked by drugs and alcohol, violence and mental illness. Abuse at such an early age can lead to aggression and violence (The New York Times, 2000).
Susalyn Bailey English 1301 21 November 2013 Should we do more to deal with the problem of domestic violence , Or is the problem over exaggerated? Domestic violence is recognized as a global public health problem, and is the single greatest cause of injury to women in the United States. Many of us may have witnessed or no someone who have been a victim of domestic violence. Abusers come from all different races, ethnicities, and genders. Although, there is no known cause why some people abuse others, there are theories to explain the influence behind their behavior.