The United Nations Children's Fund has labeled street children as children in difficult circumstances, which represent a minority population that has been under-represented for too long in health research. This is a concern because street children are at risk of carrying a greater disease burden. Their homeless lifestyle makes them more vulnerable to health risks and problems than children who ...

BACKGROUND The effects of substance abusing on children of all ages has been considered. The major problem of these children is the inability of their parents to implement their parental tasks and duties. In Iran, addressing the issue of substance abuse has a history of several decades. Identifying the experiences of these individuals about relating to their children is important in effective t...

introduction & objective: substance abuse is believed to be one of the greatest social, economical ,and cultural problems all over the world and it is commonly observed among all social classes especially among mental disorder patients. substance abuse can influence on the receptive-mental states such as mood and on the external visible activities such as behaviors. the aim of this study is to ...

conclusions child abuse is a common phenomenon that relates to psychiatric disorders in the abused child or abuser parents. it seems that on-time identification and appropriate interventions can prevent further negative consequences for the child, family, and society. results 56 cases (76%) were physically abused, 53 cases (72.6%) were emotionally abused, and 3 cases (12.3%) were neglected. the...

all people who are active in the field of psychiatry have witnessed upset and disturbed faces of children of substance dependent parents. these children suffer from depression, feelings of shame and low self-esteem and often cope with unhealthy defense mechanisms. most of the times, the addiction problem is kept as a secret and parents mistakenly assume they could keep out their children from t...

A paucity of literature regarding strategies for injury prevention in children for mothers with substance abuse exists. Substance abuse propagates distractions such as inattention; therefore, these mothers should be targeted for injury prevention education. A quasi-experimental design compared the results of traditional classroom teaching with an innovative home hazard simulation activity to te...

OBJECTIVE The current study examines multiple empirically based perspectives (i.e., child, caregiver, and clinician) of behavior and functioning as they contribute to the clinical and psychosocial profile of children (aged 5 to 17.5 years) with reported histories of sexual abuse. METHOD A large, multi-site data set of children referred into Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services both ...

  Abstract   Background: Economy, lack of welfare and social services, AIDS and civil war, and also substance abuse are predominant factors that attributes with street children.   Method: 576 street children of 10-19 years were evaluated. Data were gathered by demographic and substance use check list. Theses check lists were designed by the researchers and included some simple question about ty...

objective: spouse abuse is a major worldwide health concern and includes a wide range of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatments. the objective of present study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of spouse abuse among women who were registered with health centers in the city of sari. methods: we distributed two specifically designed questionnaires among one thousand women who...

background children that livingwith addicted parents are at risk for intentionally and unintentionally poisoning. present study aimed to evaluate the effect of parental addiction on unintentional childhood poisoning. materials and methods: totally, 140 admitted children with poisoning in loghman hospital, tehran-iran, as referral center were recruited from march 2013 to july 2014. cases were ma...