Mothers and Daughters              The family unit has been conceptualized in several ways. Under each concept lies a fundamental idea about family structure and its function in society. First order tasks refer to the important business of the family that must be done and are familiar to all families. This paper will analyze the family concepts of coping and adaptability and the family system. The purpose of this paper is to explore the position of the child on the family systems and the resulting consequence on the family strategies. I will discuss a case scenario of two divorced parents with two children, Gail and Tom. Gail and Tom are two divorced parents with two children. Gail has primary care for the children, and on the other hand, the father, Tom moves out and is living in another state. Gail is now dating and decides that it’s time to finally introduce her new boyfriend to her daughters Dina and Cara.  Gail is a divorced single mother in her late twenties. Her two daughters Cara, age 7 and Dina, age five still…

Postpartum Depression Abstract Maternal depression advances developed perinatal outcomes risk, and recent indication shows that the image of the body may perform a significant role in the field of depression. This systematic assessment shows researches of the image of the body and depression intending to illustrate the complicated role that the image of the body plays in postpartum depression, thus advancing measurement in the research. A research was conducted on the search of the literature of the database of PubMed for the language studies more specifically English under postpartum, depression and body picture. Of the whole studies, 19 of them resembled the criteria. From the cross-sectional research, it showed an association that was positive among body image perinatal depression and dissatisfaction of body image Wisner, Parry and Piontek (2002a: 193). Numerous studies have found that the malaise of body image is steadily but an association that is very weak with the start of postpartum and prenatal depression. The results were less steady for the association that existed among subsequent dissatisfaction of body image and perinatal depression. Introduction Perinatal depression is…

CORRECTIONAL CASE MANAGER JUVENILE Introduction The criminal justice career that I will be interested in is the correctional Case Manager. A  correctional Case Manager  is an individual who helps in developing plans which are utilized in the identification of the best community services jobs that will help in preventing offenders from committing extended crimes and ensure that they become responsible people and good citizens in the country and help them in the reentry to the society. In other words, the term may refer to an individual who helps and gives in a lot of input in streaming individuals who have been released to ensure that they are incorporated back into the society. It is preferably a delicate job as a little lapse of the manager in his or her work can affect the current and the future of the The reason why I chose this position is based on the fact that I have witnessed many inmates especially young people waste their life on crime  and they have ended up spending most of their time behind bars in their teenage…

Rationale and Analysis for Child Support Agency Introduction             The child support agency was established by the government in 1975. The fundamental aim of the enactment of the program was to curb the incurring welfare expenses through the process of collecting child upkeep from non-custodial parents. This is a buildup of a program established in 1935 as required by the Social Security Act focused of protecting the needs of the children born from low-income families (Elmore, 2010). Child support enforcement agency has a fundamental mission of providing assurance about the support of medical and financial requirements provided for children. The agency achieves this functionality by establishing paternity, locating parents, recognizing support obligations, and ensuring that the obligations are adequately enforced. The federal government agency has an obligation of overseeing the national child support program. Looking at the agency’s historical events, it is clear that the body has partnered with the state in the past to guarantee that children are provided with adequate resources which supports their mental emotional and financial requirements for a better wellbeing. Through this it is clear…

Lecture Summaries Lecture: Adverse Childhood Experience Adverse Childhood experience is a term that describes all types of abuse, neglect and other traumatic experiences such as household dysfunction that occur to individuals during their teenage years. Adverse childhood experience is categorized into abuse, neglect and household dysfunction. Abuse and neglect can be physical, emotional, or social. Household dysfunction can be upshot from incidences such as divorce, and mother treated violently, substance abuse, mental illness or incarcerated relative. It is revealed that a healthy relationship exists between adult well-being and adult trauma. This, according to the research conducted by Kaiser ACE, which included a survey of more than 17,000 adults to find out their teenage experiences and their current health status and behaviours. Therefore, the research confirmed that what is recognised as a common disorder in adulthood medicine and psychiatry are possibly the consequences of what people failed to acknowledge or address in childhood. ACE can have diverse effects on an individual’s endocrine, immune, neurologic and epigenetic systems. However, Dr Grant has shown interest in helping teenagers to deal with some of…

American Public Policy on Abortion The American policy on abortion is a complex one and elicits a lot of debate. However, the majority of the public supports abortion being legal.  Of concern is that most people are unhappy by the policy as it stands and many are pushing for changes on the Roe, V Wade policy. Moreover, a majority of those that support and those that oppose have taken hardline stands against it. Most States support abortion remaining legal, but many would like to revise the Roe, V Wade abortion policy. Abortion is a life-altering decision, and it not only affects the parents but states and the country at large. The question to consider is if abortion is harmful or helpful, should it be supported or not?  It should be legal, but restrictions need to be included to ensure that it does not do more harm than good. Policy on abortion should be adjustable; the issue should always remain open for debate because a country’s needs keep changing. The American constitution does not address abortion; it neither supports nor opposes…

Schizophrenia It is a mental disorder (long term), which involves the breakdown of the relationship between behaviour, emotion and thought-leading to inappropriate feelings and actions, faulty perception and withdrawal from personal relationships and reality into delusion, fantasy and mental and mental fragmentation sense. Psychosocial Perspectives of Schizophrenia Social Drift Research implicates that psychotic disorders (clinical features) play a significant role in contributing to the downward socioeconomic trajectory (gradual). As a result, it is critical to note that people suffering from schizophrenia, among other related disorders, mostly reside in socioeconomically deprived areas compared to the general population. Urban Myth It is one of the puzzles questioning why several cases of schizophrenia occur in early adulthood and late adolescent. Indeed, structural neuroimaging shows that people with the disorder are faced with prominent progressive changes in the brain during this time. Stress and Relapse A significant number of people with schizophrenia are known to abuse drugs. In most cases, they abuse Marijuana. Indeed, stress is a problem leading to schizophrenia relapse. Indeed, stress is known to be increased by relapse. Influence of the…

Joleen Diaz is mistaken with daughter as her sister Single mother Joleen Diaz, despite having a 23 years age gap, is mistaken as the sister of her 19 years old daughter. Joleen is 43 years old, and her daughter, Meilani, shares pictures of them traveling together, shopping, working, and spending time. As Joleen is mistaken as Meilani’s sister, she does not take offense of the fact that they are called sisters. Joleen is an elementary school teacher who said that her daughter would not mind when people mistake them to be two sisters. She further added that she had her daughter at a young age, and there is no possibility that they could be sisters. When asked about how Joleen manages to stay young, she talks about how she routinely takes care of herself. . In this relation, she further commented that she prefers an active and healthy life with a rare drinking habit and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Therefore, she said that her excellent skincare regime is the secret behind her youthful and gorgeous look at the age of…

Clinical Question Paper: PICOT Abstract   The profession of nursing requires registered nurses to write clinical questions. The PICOT format is utilized by nurses to formulate these types of questions. This paper reviews three research articles based around the topic of childhood obesity and the effects that parents may have on their children’s weight. The first article is a cross-sectional study used to clarify the relationship between ineffective parenting and childhood obesity using different dimension of family functioning. This study found that because parents of obese children are more likely to have their own weight problems, they may model ineffective lifestyle patterns. The second is a systematic review focused on whether parents are using portion control when feeding their children, and whether education and training on portion control could have an effect on parents feeding strategies. The results were positive effects of portion control on the energy intake of children, and parents accurately estimating portion sizes after education.  The final article was a cross-sectional descriptive study that explored different parenting styles and other potential family and social indicators of an…

Process Recording Content A student taking a professional counselling course conducted a full process recording with a client for the first time in the presence of his supervisor. After doing class work in the college for the first two semesters, I had an opportunity to exercise the counselling skills I had acquired in a class by interacting with the client. My client was a mother who had abandoned her kid because of stress and mental illness. The client is now a drug addict because of the kind of life she has gone through. The client will be identified as client R for private purposes. The client had a mental illness, and therefore, it was her right for her condition to be kept a secret as she demanded. Because it was my first interaction with the client, I was a bit tensed in front of my supervisor. I engaged my supervisor in a couple of questions, and she answered all my questions. Client R is thirty-five years old, and she is now a single mother of two girl children. The client…