The defense also called a psychologist, John Fabian, who testified that Beasley suffers from depression, alcohol abuse, low self-esteem and a feeling of isolation, all possible results of a troubled, abusive childhood.

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Medway Council said gambling debts could lead to domestic abuse, stress and self-harm.

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"Patrick Duffy has a complex medical history and a number of background risk factors that indicated an increased risk of abuse of medication and self harm while in custody, " she said.

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Depression, anxiety, self-harm and drug and alcohol abuse are common.

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Over the last year some ABS insiders have leaked a stream of damaging letters and internal documents to FORBES alleging everything from mismanagement and self-dealing to fraud and even physical abuse against an employee by a top manager.

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In fact, she says, her experience was defined by the damage it gradually inflicted to her self-esteem and the regular verbal, and sometimes physical abuse she received from customers.

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Reasons for self-harming are complex and personal and can be linked to bullying, abuse, or problems at home or school.

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Domestic abuse is a major driver of the break up of families, the loss of self-sufficiency of victims, the perpetuation of poverty, intergenerational trauma and the rising public costs of housing, health care and legal services.

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Even so, for young people struggling with drugs, alcohol abuse and violence, the toughest lessons may not be in math and history, but in honesty and self-control.

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In this context, he added that the existence of an authority for media self-regulation can ensure the protection of press freedom, as well as the protection of the public from possible abuse by the media.

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