Reasons for disappearance  Having problems?
Family problems
Family is considered the most significant background factor in explaining disappearances.
Economic pressures
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An unemployed father or mother, inability to provide for the family with dignity.
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Pressure of a mortgage or other loans. Inability to sustain loan payments and fear of confiscations by the execution office. |
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Problematic relationship between parents, yet they live in the same
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A grandfather or grandmother from one side lives in the house, and caring for them causes tension.
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Adult children living in their parents' home, due to financial
problems, might cause tension between them and their parents and
younger siblings.
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Divorce/ romantic background
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The mother and father constantly fighting, involving courts in child custody and financial matters.
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Sale of family home, moving to a new residential area, a change in the children's surroundings.
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One parent has a lover/mistress in an ongoing relationship, resulting in confrontation with the spouse.
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Heirs
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Unequal division of an inheritance between children in the event of death of one of the parents.
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Family business, where some of the children work and benefit from the income.
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The elder father/mother holds the money, while their children are in poor financial state.
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Financial difficulties
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 Inability to pay
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Inability to endure financial pressure and fear of police arrest due to:
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Financial debts
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Gray market loans, high interest, inability to repay the loan and pressure from creditors.
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Inability to pay mortgage payments, confiscations by the execution office and inability to handle the debt.
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Money theft
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Stealing money from the work place due to heavy financial pressure.
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Inability to pay back money, entering a cycle of continued thefts and embezzlements in the work place.
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Children stealing money from one of the parents.
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Parents discovering the theft and the child's fear of being caught or having to face the parents in the matter.
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Violating the trust of employers/partners
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Money embezzlements by one of the partners, due to financial difficulties, with amounts he cannot repay.
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Stealing large amounts of money from clients.
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A sense of being unable to control repayment of money stolen from
clients, and inability to face partners, clients, and family.
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Mental problems
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Psychological treatment
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Wishing to draw attention from the therapist.
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The patient feels the psychologist does not offer him solutions to his problems.
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Cessation of treatment by the patient.
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Psychiatric treatment
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Deterioration in the mental state of the patient.
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Discontinuing medical treatment prescribed by the psychiatrist.
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Inability to deal with every day life
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Weak character, inability to face pressures (work, social status).
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Inability to face environmental pressures such as terrorist attacks and more.
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A handicapped father or mother requiring support from the national
insurance, making it impossible to provide children with bare
essentials.
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