{"id":3601,"date":"2020-05-21T20:13:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=3601"},"modified":"2020-05-21T20:13:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:13:36","slug":"xi-jwassal-li-persuna-jew-familja-tkun-mahkuma-mill-problemi-socjali","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/xi-jwassal-li-persuna-jew-familja-tkun-mahkuma-mill-problemi-socjali\/","title":{"rendered":"How does an individual or a family end up being overwhelmed by social problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The<\/span>\u00a0circumstances<\/span>\u00a0that lead to social problems in our country are va<\/span>rious. If there is unemployment<\/span>\u00a0and, therefore, lack of money, this will lead to other problems for the person concerned.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0One can mention dependence on vices such as gambling, alcohol and even illegal substance abuse. These are the drivers\u00a0<\/span>behind people\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>social problems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So<\/span>metimes something comes up in a person\u2019s life that creates social problems. This leads to a complete change in the person\u2019s lifestyle and that of his family. It could be illness in the family that requires changes in the family\u2019s routine, including changes in the hours of work.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Good m<\/span>ental health<\/span>\u00a0will help the individual to deal with and overcome any social problems they may find themselves in.\u00a0 Society must help people rise above their social problems. We need to look at this issue from the perspective of the community and, if we help collectively, we can mitigate social problems. This is not an easy task because these problems are never ending. This is the ideal situation. We need to\u00a0<\/span>start off by asking: how can we help these people overcome their social problems?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having said this,\u00a0<\/span>sometimes people who are going through a series of problems refuse help.\u00a0\u00a0In spite of\u00a0the opportunities some people may be presented with to help themselves, they have no will or appetite for change and refuse to be helped.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here one must also look at the support system of the person concerned. Unfortunately<\/span>, there are<\/span>\u00a0people\u00a0<\/span>who<\/span>\u00a0literally\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>no one\u00a0<\/span>in their family to help them. They live alone. In such situations, the community or the neighbours are instrumental in helping these vulnerable people.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In our country we are fortunate to still have a sense of community and this is something that should be maintained.<\/span>\u00a0The parishes and school administrations can also help identify those in need and refer them for help.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We may have the services and the educational systems to help, but above all the individual needs to have the will to stand back up on\u00a0<\/span>his or her\u00a0<\/span>feet and look for help. Sooner rather than later.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  The\u00a0circumstances\u00a0that lead to social problems in our country are various. If there is unemployment\u00a0and, therefore, lack of money, this will lead to other problems for the person concerned.\u00a0\u00a0One can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3596,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[165],"issuem_issue_categories":[9],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3601"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3603,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3601\/revisions\/3603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=3601"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=3601"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=3601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}