Pregnant Teenagers as a Vulnerable Population At risk mothers and infants-of-concern have been considered a vulnerable population since teen pregnancy was identified as a pandemic in the 1990s. These teenage mothers are at risk for pregnancy complications, low birth weight babies, and increased rates of infant mortality. However, the more ominous risk is that of poverty and the associated vulnerabilities that accompany living below the poverty level. The paper will discuss the demographic data regarding teen pregnancy, the social stigma attached to teen pregnancy and the economic impact to the teen and to society. A case study is examined to illustrate possible approaches to care and personal reflections of the author will be shared regarding issues of teenage pregnancy.
She speculated that inflammation that occurs when a person is depressed may be a factor for dementia.Many certain proteins found in brain of a peron who is depressed may increase the risk of dementia.It is very important to remember that risk factor is something that put you on risk. Its increasing your chances to develop illness but it doesn’t mean that you will develop dementia as many people with depression never get dementia. A new sudy was published in July 2014 in the same journal give us more light on the problem. The report says that depression is a risk factor for dementia and people who have symptoms of depression have problems with clear thinking and memory. This study shows there is link between dementia and depression but doesn't exactly says if there is prove cause -and -effect relationship between them both.
Development of the Theory Reuben Hill developed the original Theory of Family Stress in 1949. Hill studied families that survived the Great Depression, and contrasted those families with ones that did not remain intact after the Depression. Hill theorized and came up with the ABCX Model of family stress and adaptation. There were four assumptions within the original family stress model; an unexpected or unplanned events are usually perceived as stressful; events within the families, such as a serious illness, and defined as stressful, are more disruptive that stressors that occur outside the family such as war, flood, or depression; lack of previous experience with stressor events leads to increased perceptions of stress; and ambiguous stressor events are more stressful than non-ambiguous events (Friedman, 1998). Hill theorized that there are many events that can disrupt a family equilibrium.
Although some parts of the country, and some industries, fared better than others including some areas in the Home Counties while communities in the South West Wales experienced mass unemployment and poverty. Figures show that in 1932, 35% of coal miners, 48% of steel workers and 67% of ship workers were unemployed. As well as this, 52% of children were living below the poverty line. As a result, the conservative Party was seen to be associated with this problem. The 1930s was also seen as a problematic decade as there were major social problems which the Conservative Party were again linked to.
If men, for example, are most likely to identify with the worker/family provider role, they will be most distressed by problems such as economic reversals. Conversely, if women most identify with a family/caregiverrole, they will be most vulnerable to negative events in that area of life. The important point here is that either an identity or social structural approach to understanding differential response to negative life events links reactivity to the
Attention Getter Many People can say they have been sad or depressed occasionally. The feeling of being "depressed is a normal occurrence due to loss, daily life struggles, or low self-confidence. But when feelings become stronger and sadness over take a person, making them feel worthless and helpless; and lasts not just a couple hours or days but rather weeks; your depression might be something more that sadness. Relevance According to the website of the National Institute of Mental Health, depression is the most common mental disorder in the U.S. Credibility I was interested in the topic of depression so I researched the topic so I could cope with people around me going through depression.
Paul Krugman: “America Must Redeclare the War on Poverty” Krugman states “poverty in early childhood is like poison to the brain”. Many children experience the effects of poverty such as unhealthy levels of stress, thus making it harder to escape poverty. Since the war on poverty was abandoned approximately forty years ago and the government shifted its focus on the alleged abuses of welfare, the percentage of those in poverty has increased and is getting worse. When President Johnson declared the “war on poverty” forty four years ago there was a dramatic reduction of those affected by poverty. The increase in the percentage of people today in poverty should show the government something needs to be done and we should once again re-declare
(2006) states that substance abuse frequently leads to conflict with family members, causing higher levels of expressed emotions, equaling a psychotic relapse. Lastly, substance abuse may further compromise cognitive functioning, which is already impaired in patients with schizophrenia. Other challenges to this population include: patient difficulty tracking or organizing responses to complex questions (Martino et al.,
For example, both urban and rural suicide rates decreased, male suicide rates became higher than those of the females, and elderly suicide significantly increased. The most recent decade of the 2010s moulded the distinction between the traditional suicide profile in the rural areas that were immensely affected by the collapse of communes and the rise of migration. As for the city areas, the urbanisation and modernisation have improved the livelihood of the younger generation. However, the ageing of society, urban life stressors, mental health issues, and rising living prices are putting their toll on the metropolitan society. Without the positive economic growth and urbanisation rates, these factors may lead to a new upsurge in the suicide rates.
The divorce rate has climbed to a point where almost half of all marriages end in divorce. Unfortunately, when parents are in conflict, children are often caught in the middle. For some of these children, the repercussions are disturbing and long-term, leading to lower educational attainment and occupational success, poorer social integration, increased behavioral difficulties and psychological distress, and more problematic marriages after reaching adulthood. Different views have influenced remarkable transformations to occur, altering the landscape of the family unit, including changes in economic well-being, family relationships and structure, and gender roles. For instance, the Marxist view of the family was developed from a class analysis of society.