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How Can You Tell When Bad Behavior Is Actually Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence occurs in all communities throughout our country and crosses all boundaries of class, race, religion, sexual orientation, education background and socio-economic status. Learn about the types of inter-family physical and emotional abuse, how to detect the patterns of behavior that signal problems, and, most importantly, how to get help.
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Empowering Women Who Feel Controlled by Their Husbands
By Tammy Bierer, LCSW-C
Many times women stay in their marriage for financial security or for the sake of the kids. What these women often fail to realize is their kids are suffering because they are watching a marriage where neither partner respects each other.
Warning Signs of Potential Domestic Violence
As difficult as it can be to acknowledge that someone in your family may have indications of abusive behavior, knowing how to recognize the early warning signs of potential domestic violence and seeking help before it has a chance to become a real problem can make a positive--perhaps even lifesaving--difference in all of your lives.
If a Friend’s Involved in Domestic Violence…
While confronting the possibility that a friend of yours is either the victim or the cause of domestic abuse--and then figuring out what you should do to help--may be one of the hardest things you’ve ever done, the action you take could save lives...
The Youngest Victims of Domestic Violence
All kinds of stressors can contribute to domestic violence--work demands, unemployment, a precarious economy, substance abuse, and health problems are just a few contributing factors--but no "excuse" ever makes it okay. Nationwide studies reveal that as many as 3 million children are affected by parental domestic violence each year.
Domestic Aggression and Traumatic Brain Injury
By Deborah Bryon, Ph.D.
In the last two decades, family violence has become one of the country's largest health problems. Aggression affects one out of three marriages, accounts for approximately 12% of all homicides, and has been identified as the most common cause of injury in women.
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What We're Learning About Treating Trauma in Children and Adolescents
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a part of the Federal Government's National Institutes of Health, supports research on the brain and a wide range of mental disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions. The Department of Veterans Affairs also conducts research in this area with adults and their family members.
Are You in an Unhealthy Relationship?
By Claire Arene, MSW, LCSW
The longer an unhealthy relationship continues, the more damaging it becomes and the more difficult it can be to engage in a healthy relationship in which there is genuine love and acceptance. We all have a responsibility to safeguard our emotional and mental wellbeing in pretty much the same way we safeguard our physical health.
Helping Kids Navigate Their Teenage Years: When Parents Need Help First
Parents can do much to help their teenage sons or daughters through a variety of difficult situations. Depression, violence, substance abuse, and bullying are all serious issues that parents and teens can work together to help resolve. Sometimes, however, parents need to confront their own problems before they can help their teenager.
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