... negatively impact childhood development, and to be a noteworthy long term determinant of impaired social, emotional and psychological health. Alcohol abuse is one of a variety of substance abuses. A lot of the literature on substance abuse doesn't differ between particular kinds of substances that are abused. Additionally, more research has been done on drug abuse than on alcohol abuse, even though the latter ... criminal behavior are also linked to this " (Hayden, 2004, p. 19-20). To complicate matters further, parents who are substance abusers are less willing to work with social work...

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... of their elders. Urban families often also face the challenges of interracial marriage and the struggle to develop identities that honor the traditions of the Indian and non-Indian heritage. Literature indicates that, in comparison to children of other ethnic minority groups, American Native children are at greater risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and negative psychosocial conditions such as poverty ... a universal way regardless of background or culture (Christensen, 2001). However, the most recent revision acknowledges the need to further understand how culture aids in dete...

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