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| Community Newcomers | ||||
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People who are new residents in a community. |
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| Families/Friends of Suicides | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have taken their own lives, whose patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by the event and the ongoing impact on their lives. |
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| Bereaved Individuals | ||||
Individuals who have lost someone who was close to them and whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by the loss. |
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| Families/Friends of Compulsive Gamblers | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who are unable to control their impulse to gamble, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by concern about the individual and the consequences of gambling on their own lives. |
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| Families/Friends of Missing Persons | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by concern for the missing person. |
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| Families/Friends of People with Cancer | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have cancer, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by concern about the individual. |
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| Families/Friends of People with Alzheimer's Disease | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have Alzheimer's disease, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by concern about the individual. |
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| Families/Friends of Mentally Ill | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have clinically significant behavioural or psychological problems, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by ongoing interaction with and concern about the mentally ill individual. |
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| Families/Friends of Alcoholics | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who abuse alcohol, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by ongoing interaction with and concern about the alcohol abuser. |
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| Separated/Separating Persons | ||||
Married individuals who are living apart or in the process of separating and are potentially contemplating divorce or permanent separation, whose patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by problems in their marital relationships. |
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| Families/Friends of Accident Victims | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who have been seriously or fatally injured as the result of an unplanned and unforeseen event or condition, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by concern about the individual's injuries or their loss. |
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| Families/Friends of Drug Abusers | ||||
The parents, children, spouses, partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of people who abuse drugs, whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by ongoing interaction with and concern about the drug abuser. |
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| Individuals/Families Affected by Divorce | ||||
Individuals who have divorced (or separated), are in the process of divorcing or have family members (parents, siblings or other relatives) who are divorcing, have divorced or have separated, and whose own patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by the change. |
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| People With Disabilities | ||||
Individuals who have physical, sensory, developmental, cognitive, mental or emotional limitations that affect their ability to engage in one or more major life activities. Disabilities may be temporary or permanent, may be present at birth or occur at any point in a person's lifetime, and can be of different levels of severity. [ Sub-Topics | View Programs and Services (1) | Related Topics ] |
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The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles: Copyright Notice.
