Sentence examples for abuse the study from inspiring English sources

Smacking can also cause depression, anxiety and drugs and alcohol abuse, the study claimed.

Of 191 women who reported birth control sabotage, 79 percent also reported physical abuse, the study found.

Police officials in all three states reported that they were "seldom summoned to a nursing home following an alleged instance of abuse," the study said.

About $23 billion, or 6.5% of the returns, constitute return fraud or abuse, the study showed.

While not designed to measure the prevalence of child sexual abuse, the study highlighted an alarming picture of a social problem which is perceived to be escalating; has increasingly severe consequences for Caribbean societies; and has multiple layers.

Child Sexual Abuse: The study took child sexual abuse to mean any act of sexual indulgence with a child or any attempt at or prelude to such an act.

The criteria were (1) aged 18 and above; (2) without a history of drug abuse before the study and no evidence of drug abuse during study; and (3) provided informed consent.

The criteria for controls were (1) men aged 18 and above; (2) for healthy controls, without a history of drug abuse before the study and no evidence of drug abuse during study; (3) for heroin addicts and methamphetamine abusers, predominate drugs of choice were heroin and methamphetamine in the baseline survey, respectively; (4) provided informed consent.

Between 20 and 25percentt of anorexics have substance abuse problems, the study found.

Unresolved trauma led to anger issues and substance abuse for the study participants, as exemplified in the following statements.

Two of these between them listed more than 200 links to child sexual abuse imagery, the study said.