The Role Of Perinatal Women Seeking Treatment For Marijuana Abuse

will be critiquing the research done by “Goodman, S. H., Dimidjian, S., & Williams, K. G. (2013). Pregnant African American women’s attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention”. This is an interesting article in the fact that it goes into details on depression in African American women and how they react towards the prevention of depression perinatal. In this critique, I will discuss the questions that they are asking to be answered as well as if the writers show a well-rounded synopsis of the…

Williams, and Sona Dimidjian hypothesis in “Pregnant African American Women’s attitudes Towards Perinatal Depression Prevention” is that African American women are less likely to seek help for depression either after the birth of their child or right before the child is born specifically low income women. It states that although perinatal depression is common for women it is very high among African American women than any other race. II. Methods: The methods utilized as part of this research was a non-experimental…

Motivational Interviewing as a Treatment for Substance Abuse Introduction "Motivational interviewing is an evidenced-based counseling approach that health care providers can use to help patients adhere to treatment recommendations. It emphasizes using a directive, patient-centered style of interaction to promote behavioral change by helping patients explore and resolve ambivalence" (Levensky et al., 2007). Motivational interviewing is a highly individualized therapeutic approach that is…

African American Women While child birth should be a time in a women life that is full of joy many soon to be mothers or new mother can experience not so happy emotions that take the joy out of motherhood which usually to leads to a depression. Depression during the perinatal period can be dangerous for the mother and her child. Many have said that perinatal depression is huge among many low income African American women because of their attitudes about being label they don’t seek treatment for this illness…

……………………………………………………………………………..… 4 Treatment ……………………………………………………………………………. 4-7 Conclusion ……………………………………………..……………………………….. 7 References ……………………………………………………………………...….. 8-10 Substance Abuse and Treatment for Adolescents Introduction Substance abuse among adolescents is becoming an increasing concern. There are the obvious health issues associated with substance abuse, but many people do not consider the long term affects of drug and alcohol use. In this paper I will discuss substance abuse among teens, causes…

“ Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. Superadded to the burden common to all, they have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own.” ( Harriet Brent “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” page 119). Gender played a key role in slavery and after reading “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” it is obvious that women in slavery received far worse treatment then that of men. Not to take away the incredible injustices that were dealt upon men…

American Women’s Attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention”. I think it is important because it is not uncommon for women to go through depression either right before the child is born or after the child is born. My question for this is why would you seek or not seek perinatal depression prevention. II. Literature Review: Perinatal depression is common in pregnancies whether regardless of race. Although, it is higher among African American low income women. Depression or anxiety during pregnancy…

Effects of mental health stigma on seeking treatment Actor and comedian Robin Williams dies of apparent suicide at the age of 63. He was assumed to have been suffering from a long term depression so severe that resulted in drug abuse to hide his mental illness. Being so famous and so loved by many, he still wasn’t able to get the help he needed because he was so afraid of being stigmatized against. Robin was a talented and loving individual whose presence touched so many lives. This shows that mental…

their lifespan (Statistics Canada, 2012). In addition, three-quarters of all women in drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs report being sexually abused (Najavits, Weiss & Shaw, 1997), and about one-quarter of the men (Ouimette, Kimerling, Shaw & Moos, 2000). Childhood abuse has been shown to be a significant risk factor in adolescent and adult substance use, and this relationship tends to be more substantial in women as apposed to men (Simpson & Miller, 2002; White & Widom, 2008). Research indicates…

addicted women are still publicly reviled for the outcomes of their circumstances. From this abhorrence stems the likelihood that these women would be deterred from seeking prenatal care than to seek help for their addiction; expelling an even greater issue as the concern of health care is then added to the mix. The complex social issues then must be taken into consideration to underscore the need for policymakers to allow for the legal and medical systems to better create programs for these women and…