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    brutal or hostile behavior against that person’s intimate partner such as their wife or husband. Domestic violence takes place when the victim’s present or anterior partner shows dominance and control in a relationship through physical, sexual or psychological-emotional abuse which usually creates physical and or emotional agony to the victim. It does not matter if the victim is married or not married, the race he or she is, their income level, what religion they practice, or the sexual preference they

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    Were Oskar’s actions throughout the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close due to a mental disorder? In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, the protagonist, Oskar Schell, is going through many problems in his life, Oskar has to deal with the death of his father, Thomas Schell Jr due to the terrorist attack, 9/11, that took place on the World Trade Center. He also has to deal with people like his mother who doesn’t play a big part of the story, being mature and trying

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    Abusive Father Abuse

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    Abuse sends out shockwaves that touch every aspect of a person's functioning. A majority of the time it has always been that fathers should be the protector of the household, but that’s not always the case. There was a time in my life when it was sweet like the rich taste of honey, balmy , and blissful. At the age of nine years old, life was smooth; there were no bumps in the way or hatred. Life was lavish,cheerful, and this amazing feeling knowing nothing could go wrong. All of that changed swiftly

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    “ Forget what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you “- anonymous. Pain and suffering are inevitable, but being aware of past mistakes is valuable for one’s self-growth and acceptance. The award-winning novel, House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, descriptively demonstrates this theme through the eyes of the main character, Esperanza Cordero. Esperanza despises living on the poverty-stricken Mango Street so, she sets her heart on a house of her own. Mango Street is overcrowded with a

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    father, or involvement with delinquents. Abusers may feel the need to control their partner due to extreme jealously, low self-esteem, difficulties controlling their anger, when they feel inferior to their partner, or the possibility of having a psychological disorder. Some people with very traditional beliefs think they have the right to control their partner and that women are not equal to men. Other factors that can cause a person to become violent to their partner are drugs and alcohol. Someone

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    Effects of being sexually abused: Being a victim of sexual abuse can change your life from the moment that it happens. Being sexually abused by a caregiver or stranger is a traumatizing experience because many feelings such as helplessness, powerlessness, and hopelessness begin to take over. After reading “Conversations with a Pedophile” and researching on this topic, I have learned how pedophiles choose their victims and how this grooming process does not take days, but years. After learning this

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    that can occur in romantic relationships. However, we often do not see these cases because sex is a normal casualty in relationships and can be hard to prove. Other forms of domestic violence include, but are not limited to, economical abuse and psychological abuse. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) report in 2015, about twenty people per minute were victims of domestic violence in the United States. Nineteen percent of all violence in the United States is made of

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    Drugs And Drug Abuse

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    For the research on drug use and societal or natural disaster, there is various findings on drug users' lives, before and after disasters. This paper gives a broad explanation of their trauma & stress, housing life styles, and health risk during times of disaster. These topics show the studies on people whom partake in drugs such as Crack/Cocaine Heroine on the day-to-day basis. The researched for this paper worked with the usagers directly to affect the health of those in these situations.

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    Children who are homeless are four times more likely to show traumatic symptoms like, delayed development and have twice the rate of learning disabilities as low-income housed children (Paquette, & Bassuk, 2009) Research suggest that negative effects in childhood trauma are concentrated among those with low income (Yoder, 2014). In addition, poverty has adverse effects on children’s health, development, behavior and mental health through various mediating moderating variables (Bassuk, 2010). Relative

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    Parental abandonment of a child can have long term psychological issues they will suffer from including obsessive thinking, critical thoughts about the abandonment, and self-blame. Child abandonment is when a parent, guardian, or any person taking care of the child or deserts the child without any regard to the child’s physical health, safety, or welfare. From the ages from an infant to 18 years old, that’s when child abandonment takes place. It is the rule of nature for every child to be brought

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