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Family violence. Abuse, No family violence, abuse, and/or... 

This quality of the melodrama is recognizable in the most highly acclaimed films—Titanic, Shine, The English Patient. The subject matter of these recent successes echoes the famous melodramas from the past. Ambition is at the heart of All About Eve. Family violence is the core issue of Lee Tamahori s Once Were Warriors. The consequences of divorce are the subject of Robert Benton s Kramer vs. Kramer. Racism is the core of Robert Mulligan s To Kill a Mockingbird, as it is of Euzhan Palcy s A Dry White Season. 

If for Marcus the early, discarded drafts of texts were often seen as the truer , more overtly feminist versions which were then suppressed, DeSalvo s work on buried and repressed narratives may well have influenced her contentious biography of Woolf, Virginia Woolf The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work (1989). For DeSalvo, Woolf s life s work - her memoirs and her autobiography, her novels, her essays and biographies - is an invaluable missing link in the history of incest, abuse, and the effects of family violence . In her work, DeSalvo writes, Woolf carved out a way to tell her story. . . and that of other childhood victims of abuse and neglect . 

Assess for the safety of others and potential for violence. If accompanied by friends or family with whom the patient is living, ask them to remove from the home all guns, caustic chemicals, medications, and objects the person might use to harm self or others. Risk factors for suicide include severity of depression, feelings of hopelessness, comorbid personality disorder, and a history of a previous suicide attempt.19... 

There are many instances when a family member (collateral) will seek help for a problem before the person with the drug problem does. Often, however, the family member will not be forthcoming about the drug problem, or it will not be otherwise obvious that drug abuse is indirectly involved. Excellent examples of these types of situations include the family members seeking help as victims of domestic violence or parental neglect, or are injured in accidents. 

In some coxmtries, when women are infected with HIV, they often face physical and emotional violence. As a result, they are often abandoned by their families and friends and also osfracized by fheir respective communities. Fear of violence not only prevents women from accessing information abouf HFV/AIDS, it prevents them from getting tested. 

Psychosis for demented patients usually takes the form of paranoid delusions. Demented patients may believe family members have turned against them, or they may misidentify their loved ones as intruders in their home. Although hallucinations are not listed in the DSM-IV criteria, they may also occur. When psychosis occurs in a demented patient, it is a serious problem. It is very distressful to the patient, makes it difficult (if not impossible) for family members to provide care, may lead to episodes of violence, and commonly leads patients to be hospitalized or placed in nursing homes. Fortunately, most patients with dementia do not develop delusions or other psychotic symptoms. 

The main acute effect is inebriation, which in turn spawns violence, spousal and child abuse, crime, motor vehicle accidents, workplace and home accidents, drowning, suicide, and accidental death. The chronic effects include alcoholism, liver disease, various forms of cancer, brain disorders, cardiovascular disease and other organ system effects, absence from or loss of work, family dysfunction, and malnutrition. 

Pollitt, Katha. Moms to NRA Grow Up The Nation, vol. 270, June 12, 2000, p. 10. A political and social commentator gives a mixed review to the Million Mom March. Maternalist politics are suspect from a feminist viewpoint but the participation of many minority women who had lost family members to gun violence was impressive. However, the gathering seemed more like a political campaign rally than the beginnings of more radical direct action. 

Because the symptoms are so disruptive to the family and to the child, conduct disorder is one of the most common reasons for referral to a pediatrician or child psychiatrist. In patients with MR, this disorder is seen less as organized, planned illicit activities and more as impulsive, unpredictable acts of violence or destruction. Such individuals may exhibit aggression toward caregivers, teachers, family members, or themselves, and they may be emotionally labile. If behavior therapy has not been effective, pharmacological treatment may be necessary. 

The Diagnostic Statistical Manual, of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. (DSM-FV American Psychiatric Association, 1994), describes this syndrome as discrete episodes of a failure to resist aggressive impulses, resulting in serious assault or destruction in the face of limited provocation. These attacks are accompanied by remorse afterwards. This syndrome usually occurs in males with childhood histories of violence, a family history of arrest, poor occupational records, and low socioeconomic status (SES). 

Most crimes have an obvious motive, but this one did not. The procurator had reached the pinnacle of his political career, his honored son now supervised the family business affairs, and most of his old enemies have long since preceded him to a better realm. The minister will understand that I speak in generalities when I note that family members are generally more likely to have motives for violence than strangers are, unless we include footpads and pirates, who are not in evidence in this case. I trust that Ambassador Tirali will take no offense at an observation that poison seems an extreme way to eliminate a rival bidder in a book sale. ... 

Personal and social consequences This section describes the impact of drug use on the user s personal life, including friendships, family relationships, and job performance. Also included are discussions of the drug s use on society as a whole, such as associated crime and violence. 

Over 50% of Americans who currently drink report having a close relative who abuses alcohol 25% are children of an alcoholic parent. Alcohol abuse can devastate families by causing separation, divorce, and domestic violence, as well child abuse and neglect. Six million children live with an alcohol-abusing parent, and this can result in problems at school such as low attendance, academic difficulties, attention deficit disorders, and behavioral problems. Each year in America, more than 100,000 people die from alcohol-related accidents (cars, falls, fires, drownings, burns), cancer, liver disease, and stroke. 

Amphetamine abusers and addicts become preoccupied with when and where they will be able to get their next dose. Relationships with family and friends frequently deteriorate as the drug takes center stage in the addict s life. Money problems may began to surface as the addict funds his growing habit. Substance abuse also contributes to crime, domestic violence, sexual assault, drop-out rates, unemployment, and homelessness. It is also a factor in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unwanted pregnancy. 

Heroin abuse has repercussions that extend far beyond the individual user and his or her family. The consequences of drug abuse and addiction carry a social price in festering criminality, violence, and disruptions to the workplace and educational environments that cost billions of dollars each year. 

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