~Personal connection~

I grew up in a substance abuse/domestic violence household. I have one substance/ Domestic dad and my mom the domestic violence survivor.My dad started a new job everything was going just fine, then we moving into house my father would come home drunk all the time.It started to become a daily thing me and my older sisters would have to come home to after school.everyday having to worry about if my dads gonna beat up my mom or if hes going to be drunk.For about 7 years we had to leave in a substance and domestic environment. Finally after 10 long years my mom made a decision that was not only beneficial for her but for her kids to, she decided to divorce my dad.We all though is was going to get easier but it didn't we worried everyday about we begged him to come home because we had no idea what it would feel like to live without him in our everyday life's. We became to realization nobody going to change unless they want to, you can't change anyone not willing to change.

“And Then I Went To School” Memories Of A  Pueblo Childhood

In “And then I went to school” it talks about how back in the day how they didn’t have electricity and how his life changing fast and he would wish for thing that made him start thinking  about  his environment and starting to questioning if his grandma cared about his well being. Then he realizes he has to leave his village Cochiti because of his education and ended up going to a BIA boarding school they had to follow a certain dress code. He only got to see his parents once a month.  Once he headed home  to Cochiti he reestablished with his relatives, and he knew where he belonged.

The connection I had to this is when my grandma gets mad at us if we have phones at the table because back in the day they didn't have no electronics and with him telling his boarding school experience is similar to my grandmas life at a boarding school, when she returned to Santa Clara Pueblo when she returned she felt like there was a change.  The changed she noticed was the flip phones in the pueblo. I feel like it can connect to my topic with community because they said everyone with drugs or doing drug would be sent to a boarding school.

Addition And Abuse :Two Problems That Go Hand and Hand 

In this article it covered substance abuse and domestic violence and how it affects kids, the family, teens and the person who is consuming drugs. The author tries to help readers understand how addiction can effect the persons whole mentality and how the began to have withdraws from not taking any drugs in. The article states that "35 adolescents used illegal drugs, 42% adolescents used alcohol ", It also states "In the US, 1,750 children died from abuse and neglect in 2020" , "Between 40% and 60% of intimate partner violence involves substance abuse. 

Drug and Alcohol Abuse in your Family 

In this articles  it talks  about how addiction can ruin a life or even a whole family . Drugs are  a chemical substance that makes your mind , mood, or body feel or act differently then normal . According  to the most  recent SAMHSA National Survey on drug use and health from 202, every year 37,00 Americans over the age of 12 use at  least one type of illegal drug.

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies at 96(Mental Health Champion)

Mitchell talks about currently on sunday former first lady Rosalynn Carter was diagnosed with dementia in may. Rosalynn Carter is a mental health advocate and she served on the governors commission to improve services for the mentally and emotionally handicap people. Rosalynn was also the founder of 'Rosalynn Carter Institute for caregivers , an organization that provides support and mental health care for caregivers.Rosalynn is a 2001 national women hall of fame inductee and has seven honorary degrees. She was also and advocate of womens rights and vaccination access for preventable diseases.

Citation:By Tayler S. Mitchell, Nov.19,2023

Mental Health In Teen Athletes 

A competitive athlete with server injuries may increase the risk of mental illness because some people may use sports as a coping mechanism or to take their mind off what they may be going through.This article also covers some symptoms of anxiety which can include signifacant worries about things before they happen, Low-self esteem and lack of self confidence .It, sad  also brings up the symptoms of depression can include feeling or appearing  depressed , sad, tearful or irritable . Also sleeping more or less then usual, having more trouble constractly.

Citation:By Drew watson, MD, MS,FAAD

The kids aren't alright:The post pandemic teen Mental health :

This article talks about how the pandemic can mess up teens mental health because we were so lonely so that's when a lot of teens turned to social media. We went from seeing people everyday to seeing no one at all and that made a lot of kids suicidal. Then social media became this eco chamber about all the bad things in the world. When kids went back to school a lot were so sad and didn't know how to socialize and gained anxiety. A quarter of the mental health survey in 2021 were suicidal related most of the rates were teen girls part of the LGBTQ community. 

 A Neglected Challenge of Mental Health

This research states that the Latin American and the Caribbean people do not discuss their mental health issues unless its between their tight social circle . Most of 70% of the latin and Caribbean countries who are in need of mental  care do-not receive it, which means the impact of mental health increases world wide over the past two decades. In Latin America and the Caribbean , The most prevalent mental disorders are depression  and anxiety disorders , but it hits youth harder because 16 million people age 10-19 live with mental health disorders  more than the population in Los Angeles , New York City, and chicago combined. Suicide sometimes an outcome of severe mental illness is leading to the cause of death for people under the age of 20, the rate rose by 6% between 2000-2019 among adolescence age 15-19 and suicide is the 3rd most common case of death.

Mental Health of young Australians :Dealing with a public health crisis 

In this passage I read was about the mental health in young australians is rapidly declining . Their mental health is not only a human tragedy but its an economic one. Mental illness is a chronic disease in young women, most adults mental health disorders begin during the transition to adulthood , the transferring from adulthood is mid 20's. Over the vary period that youth mental health services focused on the 12-25 year old  and it rose by 60% from 26%  2007 to 39% in 2021. The rise in  young women then young men with rates reaching 48%. Australia has been ahead of the curve in initiang reform, implemented by Sucave fedaral governments with the "designs".