Social Problems Among Youth in Malaysia

A description of the social, economical and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people.

1.describe the social, economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people (unit 7)

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is the organisational unit that works for safeguarding of children and young people. This institution is striving on providing all kinds of medical and social services in order to help children and young people. As per the CAMHS, the mental health issues includes minor emotional imbalance like feeling sad to extreme situation like hurting yourself. However, there are a list of mental health issues that are faced by children and young people in our society these days such as feeling sad or disliking their current place or surroundings, hurting own self or intention to do so, feeling scared and anxious, having eating disorder, facing problems in talking and sleeping, hallucinating and having

Descriptive research was also employed in this study, as it involved the use of many statistics (e.g., suicide rate, number of Alaska teens ages 14-19.) Obtaining information about the current status of various phenomena allows one to describe what exists with

1.1 Describe the Social, Economic and Cultural factors that will impact on the lives of Children and Young People:

To study some social problems, one may have to take a social constructionist approach. That is to say that taking this approach could be problematic because it is a function of social interaction. They aren 't immediately obvious but should be interpreted. Take into consideration texting and driving. Many believe it is horrible and those people who commit the crime should be punished. It did not always used to be this way and in some places is not looked at in such fashion. When we objectively label the creation of social problems, we focus on the measure of the characteristics of the conditions. They do induce material and psychic suffering.

The Sociological Perspective was a concept argued by C. Wright Mills was and still is a valuable tool to help people look at, understand and interpret their everyday lives and social world around them (in which they live). The argued perspective will be discussed through the use of the Sociological Imagination with the Personal Problem of Depression and the Social Issue of Child Abuse with what can be done to solve both of these ‘Dilemmas of Youth’.

In addition, chronic drug abuse by teenagers during a time of development it is a particular concern because, it can interfere with normal socialization and cognitive development and thus frequently contributes to the development of mental disorders. Violence has become more prevalent among the diagnosed population of drugs and mental disorders. Domestic violence and suicide attempts are more common of the mentally ill who end up incarcerated; there is

In a brief analysis, C. Wright Mills feels that people are feeling increasingly trapped by modern life and defines the Social Imagination as “...The vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.” Giving meaning on how to understand the social arrangements that influence human behavior. Either personal, or a society world problem. This is defined as troubles and issues. Troubles meaning personal troubles referring to a problem affecting an individual, and issues meaning public issues whose source lies in the social structure and culture affecting multiple individuals.

Even in light of the sub human conditions most of the youth live in, the main theme that

[4] This approach is quite unique as a social problem refers to the activities of

This literature review is conducted to explore the social anxiety disorder, its Etiology, prevalence and finally putting focus on the need of a special treatment for adolescent with social anxiety disorder. Anxiety problems are the most common and widespread mental issues and are an area of interest for the medical as well as psychology researchers. These disorders are related to excess fear and anxiety and associated behavioural problems, where an

The purpose of the research is to find out and prove the effectiveness of sociodrama in raising awareness of social awareness in primary school. Research using quasi experimental. The research design used was the pretest and posttest one group (the one group pretest - posttest design). The design of this study, a group of tests or research subjects will be given the same treatment. Treatment given is sociodrama that can increase social awareness. Significantly based on hypothesis testing, the test of two different samples test Wilcoxon obtained Wilcoxon value of (Z ^ = - 4.783a) with asymp.Sig (2-tailed) value of 0.000. It can be concluded that there is a significant difference in the level of social awareness among students before and after

a. The psychological and Emotional issues investigated included psychosomatic problems and self-esteem. It was hypothesized that adolescents who have experienced unwanted family problem. It leads to student to constantly needed approval, lots of things to get attention, and sensationalized/dramatized lots of thing.

Like previous generations today's youth are greatly influenced by what they see and hear. Outside of parents or legal guardians, the big screen, television, music, and peers have the greatest influence over young people today. What is being communicated to our youth falls short on doses of old-fashioned morals and values.