Substance abuse affects and costs the individual, the family, and the community in significant, measurable ways including loss of productivity and unemployability; impairment in physical and mental health; reduced quality of life; increased crime; increased violence; abuse and neglect of children; dependence on non-familial support systems for survival; and expenses for treatment. The physical and mental health and social consequences of alcohol and other drug use by women can seriously affect their lives and those of their families (HHS/SAMHSA, 1997a). Not only are women, especially young women, beginning to close the gap between female and male consumption of alcohol and other drugs, they suffer earlier and more serious consequences. Women become intoxicated and addicted more quickly than men and develop related diseases earlier (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1996).
<span>Sadie lacks object permanence. Object permanence means that objects still exist even when they cannot be viewed. It not unusual for Sadie to lack object permanence because it is not something infants possess. Infants gained the ability as they grow older through touching objects and holding the objects they think stopped existing.</span>
Answer:
The peer-review process
Explanation:
The peer-review process, also known as refereeing deals with the subjection of the scholarly work of an author, ideas or research to evaluation and scrutiny by some group of experts in the same field, before the paper is then submitted for publication in a journal, as a book, or conference proceedings. This is the same example as stated in the scenario portrayed in the question, and it is a necessary step to get your work published.
