PSYCHOEDUCATION: DRUGS & VIOLENCE

FACTS

100

The leading cause of injury to women in the U.S.between the ages of 15 and 44.

What is Domestic Violence?

200

There are more than 1500 in the U.S. for Battered women.

What are Shelters?

300

This occurs among people of all races, ages, socioeconomic classes, religious affiliations, occupations, and educational backgrounds.

What is Battering?

400

1 in 4 women have or will experience this in her lifetime.

What is Abuse?

500

This is the largest cause of homelessness in the U.S.

What is Domestic Violence?

TYPES OF ABUSE

100

Scratching, punching, biting, kicking, throwing objects, pulling hair, choking, pushing, using a weapon, slapping, shoving, grabbing, spitting, burning, holding down

What is Physical Abuse?

200

Unwanted kissing or touching, forcing someone to go further than they want to sexually, not letting one's partner use birth control or protection against STD's, degrading treatment based on a partner's gender, criticizing a partner sexually

What is Sexual Abuse?

300

Name-calling and put downs, extreme jealously, making false accusations, yelling and screaming, intentionally embarrassing someone in front of other people, keeping one's partner from family and friends, telling one's partner what they can/can't do, intimidating, humiliating, stalking, threatening to commit suicide as a form of control

What is Verbal/Emotional Abuse

400

Following someone around, repeated phone calls, emails or texts, spreading rumors, threatening to disclose personal information, using online forums to threaten, embarrass or humiliate

What is Stalking/Harrassment

500

Excessive possessiveness, isolation from family and friends is a form of …

What is Nonverbal Abuse?

EFFECTS OF D.V.

100

What are the emotional responses of individuals who experience domestic violence?

Fear, guilt, shame, sleep disturbances, sadness, depression, and anger

200

What are common emotional/bodily responses of victims of domestic violence or abuse?

Self-blame and feelings of shame and guilt, fear, terror, and feeling unsafe. Loss of control, powerlessness, self-harm.

300

What are behavioral responses of someone who witness domestic violence?

Acting out, withdrawal, anxiousness to please, anxiety, short attention span

400

If "everything in life teaches", what might individuals who are exposed to violence in their homes learn?

Learn that violence is an effective way to resolve conflicts and problems

500

What are children who are raised in violent homes at risk of?

Present with higher risks related to alcohol/drug abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and juvenile delinquency.

ABUSE OF CHILDREN

100

What word describes instilling fear through looks, actions, gestures, or property destruction, being violent to other Parent or pets, using adult size, yelling

What is Intimidation?

200

What term refers to treating children as servants, punishing, bossing, always winning, denying input in visitation and custody decisions, interrupting….

What is Using Adult Privilege?

300

Verbalizing intent to possible abandonment, suicide, physical harm, confinement, or harm to other loved ones.

What are Threats?

400

This concept refers to withholding basic needs, using money to control behavior, squandering family money, Withholding child support, using children as an economic bargaining chip in divorce

What is economic abuse?

500

This form of abuse involves using children to get/give information from/to other parent, using children as confidants, put downs, name calling, being inconsistent, shaming children..

What is is emotional abuse?

ADDICTION

100

All of the following are addictive except: 

a) tobacco 

b) alcohol 

c) marijuana 

d) all of the above

What is all of the above. Many people believe that marijuana is a benign drug that is not addictive. The truth is, however, that long-term use or misuse of marijuana can lead to addiction, just like many other substances.

200

What is NOT the cause of addiction? 

A) the drug itself(some drugs are more addicting) 

B) the user himself(mental health issues,abuse,etc) 

C) moral weakness(not a good person) 

D) genetics

What is C) moral weakness

300

The US population is around 314 million. About ____million of Americans have an addiction to drugs or alcohol

What is 30 million. Addiction to these substances and the mental health issues that go along with them are one of the most serious health problems affecting society today.

400

Name 2 characteristics of the process of addiction.

1) User loses control over the substance/behavior 

2) User has a preoccupation about the substance or behavior and thinks about it constantly 

3) Continues to use despite negative consequences

500

When someone develops an addiction, are they in full control of their use? 

What is NO. 

The user depends on the substance or behavior to simply feel normal and function. There are changes in brain structure and function with addiction.