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A dysfunctional family affects familial ties and creates conflicts in the same family space. Subdivision of dysfunctional families. A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly. Children that grow up in such families may ...
Family estrangement is the loss of a previously existing relationship between family members, through physical and/or emotional distancing, often to the extent that there is negligible or no communication between the individuals involved for a prolonged period. Estrangement may result from the direct interactions between those affected ...
Alcoholism in family systems. Alcoholism in family systems refers to the conditions in families that enable alcoholism and the effects of alcoholic behavior by one or more family members on the rest of the family. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by ...
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, [6] a mental health condition, [7] or a psychiatric disability, [2] is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. [8] A mental disorder is also characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition ...
Family planning, as defined by the United Nations and the World Health Organization, encompasses services leading up to conception. Abortion is not typically recommended as a primary method of family planning. [4] Family planning is sometimes used as a synonym or euphemism for access to and the use of contraception.
Asperger syndrome ( AS ), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a term formerly used to describe a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. [5]
Intellectual disabilities (IDs), or intellectual development disorder, are defined by the DSM-5 as "deficits in general mental abilities". [1] They affect a person's ability to process information, learn or retain information, think critically or abstractly, and solve problems. [1] They ultimately inhibit a person's ability to adapt to their ...
Family disruption is a term referring to events that disrupt the structure of individual families. These events include divorce, legal separation, and parental death, [1] out of home placement, [2] and deployment. [2] Researchers have been studying the effects on youth for decades. Some studies suggest that juveniles who have experienced more ...