DIVORCE

DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTIVE INFO

• Definition: The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
• Divorce is a personal issue
• Divorce isn't a disease

CAUSES

• Arguments between couples
• Lack of commitment
• Too much arguing
• Infidelity
• Marrying to young
• Unrealistic expectations
• Lack of equality in relationship
• Lack of preperation for marriage
• Abuse

SYMPTOMS

• Depression
• Anger
• Poor health
• Lonliness
• Work inefficiency
• Insomnia
• Memory difficulties
• Increased substance abuse

TREATMENTS

• Talk therapy
• Divorce counseling
• Divorce therapist

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• The average age for people to get divorced is 30
• Divorce rates have decreased over time

RESOURCES

• Google.com
• http://www.womansdivorce.com/emotions-after-divorce.html
• Loveshack.org
• http://www.today.com/health/10-tips-preventing-divorce-I283608
• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/upshot/the-divorce-surge-is-over-but-the-...