Teenage pregnancy among today’s Filipino youth http://opinion.inquirer.net/74517/teenage-pregnancy-among-todays-filipino-youth The National Youth Commission, supported by the Department of Health and the World Health Organization, convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit, which saw the active participation of adolescent youth, delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), or the lack thereof, is fast becoming the defining issue
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intervention program. Children at Risk (CAR) intervention program which changed its name to Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Striving Together to Achieving Rewarding Tomorrows (CASASTART) is a community based intervention program (Siegel & Welsh, 2011 p.462). The program was established to assist children with a high risk of delinquency, behavioral problems, substance abuse and gang involvement. The program was administered to children in poor neighborhoods with high crime rates. The measures
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Stress Management 10 December 2012 Depression Stressful events, situations, and trauma can trigger anger and anxiety which can lead to depression. Unresolved stress can affect an individual’s mental, physical, and spiritual being (Seward, 128). Depression does not discriminate; thus, individuals of any age, gender, race, or socio-economic class can suffer from the ill effects of depression. Depression is not simply something made up in an individual’s head; contrarily, it is a common, but serious
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Question: Discuss the impact of chronic medical conditions on adolescents and identify ways of promoting resilience or positive development. Chronic medical conditions can have significant consequences in various aspects among adolescents. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), chronic conditions are diseases that progress over a slow period of time and remain for a long duration of an individual’s life. Adolescence, as defined by WHO, is the period of life from 10-19 years of age.
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Should The Drinking Age Be Lowered To 18? Every teenager anticipates the day that they will finally be eighteen years old. This is the day they are finally seen as being an adult in the eyes of our government. Eighteen year olds are now free to make their own life choices and be held accountable for them. At the age of eighteen, you are free to put your life on the line and fight for your country, if you commit a crime you can be tried as an adult in court, and you are also give the right to vote
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Mario Prieto 7/25/2014 Mr. Ogrodowski English 102 Research Paper Marijuana Legalization Marijuana is the most used drug in the world; it’s as popular as it is polarizing. It’s been said to have medicinal benefits for the ill. Can it kill a human being? If it can kill, than why is it illegal? Why not legalize it, that way crimes will go down? All these are questions that have been asked when discussing the hot debate that is marijuana. While
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intervention (EI). Experts say that intervention services given early to children with special needs starting from ages 0 to eight years old result to long-term benefits thus minimizing the need for special education and other related services. Among these EI services are therapies (speech, physical, occupational), special education and others. "There are also the humanistic and pragmatic rationales for EI, and the biological fact that the human brain?s plasticity allows it to develop when stimulations
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effects of illegal drugs and how it predisposes it’s users to criminal behavior. Drug users are seen to be associated with violence and illegal activity. The use of illegal drugs can cause individuals to hallucinate and engage in criminal offenses that they would not have committed in a normal state of mind. (1) There is a correlation between drug usage and criminal behavior, predisposing individuals to commit social acts of crime due to the biological altercations that the drugs have on one’s brain
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excessive use of 10 separate classes of drugs: Substance-use disorder: * Alcohol related disorder * Cannabis related disorder * Hallucinogen related disorder * Inhalant related disorder * Opioid related disorder * Sedative hypnotic - or Anxiolytic related disorder * Stimulant related disorder * Tobacco related disorder DSm-5 explains that activation of the brain’s reward system is central to problems arising from drug use- the rewarding feeling that people
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as economic disparities and the impact of the War on Drugs, highlighting the role of government policies in exacerbating the epidemic. Additionally, the chapter explores racial dynamics, cultural influences, and the global dimensions of the drug trade, providing viewers with a nuanced understanding of the complexities surrounding the crack epidemic during the 1980s and 1990s.In the
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