Essays 121 - 150
up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...
helps smokers to see nicotine as a drug and 43 percent of their program participants are smoke-free after a year (Hazelden Foundat...
lines of demarcation shaped by race, socioeconomic status, gender, or age. It was at it height in the late 1970s. In fact, 1979...
wide range of areas important in achieving and maintaining recovery from drug or alcohol addiction: * Enhanced self esteem * Inter...
and their attempts to fulfill their desires (Boeree, 1997). This leads to a lack of social interest or concern (Boeree, 1997). On...
crime to pay for their habits, they fail academically, and they fail in society as a whole. Drug abusers can become violent or en...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
This is unfortunate, because college students are significantly more likely to have problems with gambling than older adults, and ...
she became a prostitute and fulfilled her role as a drug addict who would do anything to get a fix. Of course, labeling theory has...
dynamics to the point of the child being disrespectful to parents, harboring a negative attitude, breaking rules, instigating quar...
to throw a game. Greed is often at the crux of sports gambling. Players, even if they are doing rather well, may be lured by easy...
alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...
the substance replaces recreational social or occupational activities (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). * The continuing u...
should be regarded as legitimate treatments that help to wean the addicted individual from the abused substance both psychologica...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...
This essay proposes to categorize substance abuse as a chronic disease. The National Institute on Drug Abuse affirms this opinion ...
This article analysis pertain is on an article authored by Bartlett and colleagues (2013). The article is summarized and the write...
This essay analyzes Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream" and discusses how its characters illustrate the effects of ...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of some positive and negative parts of social media use. This paper includes things such as ad...
In this paper, the writer reflects on the ethical issues associated with treating substance abusers and addiction. The paper cites...
This paper focuses on a video case study of a young woman who is an alcoholic and drug addict. The paper describes what was observ...
For example, the Addictive Personality theory maintains that addiction is not due to the chemical effect of the drug, but rather i...
This essay provides information related to the ADA and substance abuse. It then discusses medical, social, psychological, and voca...
learning and academics. As the field of self-regulation in learning has emerged, an entirely new theory of self-regulated learning...
This research paper responds to three questions, which pertain to addiction, civic education and critical thinking. Three pages in...
Drug addiction and substance abuse are very complex conditions. The more prolonged they are, the more damage they do to the brain’...
This essay pertain to Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream, and describes how each of the characters' lives spiral in...
families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...
is that this is a "maladaptive pattern of use and impaired control over a behavior with associated adverse consequences" (Garcia a...