Essays 121 - 150
ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...
with medications which offer help in suppressing the craving and withdrawal symptoms associated with blocking the effects of the d...
a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...
would relapse into drug use within the first three months after completion. More than likely, the number would be closer to 8 out ...
has been stable at about 12 percent of the total population for decades, but it is now growing through immigration. The fastest-g...
This essay pertains to "Drunk History," a TV show in which participants describe instances from history while inebriated. The writ...
This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...
Confidentiality and privacy are demanded for medical and mental health professionals. Psychologists and therapists live by the Eth...
This essay provides information related to the ADA and substance abuse. It then discusses medical, social, psychological, and voca...
This research paper/essay pertains to the topics of health promotions, which are designed to address the needs of teens in regards...
One of the substance abuse treatment interventions that has been shown to be effective is the Therapeutic Community. Although this...
This 3 page paper gives an outline of depression and substance abuse as concurrent disorders. This paper includes the general info...
This 10 page paper gives an overview of health care access problems. This paper includes mental illness, substance abuse disorders...
The problems inherent in substance abuse must be addressed if recidivism is to be reduced. This eleven page paper lists ten sourc...
This paper first discusses the characteristics of abusers that engage in domestic violence and then discusses the role of substanc...
issues that contraindicate the effectiveness and utility of this legislation, as passage of HB326 facilitates the delivery of emer...
For example, the Addictive Personality theory maintains that addiction is not due to the chemical effect of the drug, but rather i...
Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...
is used to categorize symptoms and disorders to aid in a standardized diagnosis between professionals. This has led to an industry...
ones life (Mulhauser, 2011). The first reaction, that is, normal grief, leads to sadness, which is a perfectly healthy, normal par...
processes, and appropriate diagnosing, as well as proposing specific interventions that can be used and preventative strategies fo...
with 0 meaning definitely not and 100 meaning definitely. A definite score indicating mental illness caused the person to commit t...
then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...
principles: 1) express empathy; 2) develop discrepancy; 3) avoid argumentation; 4) deal with, or "roll with" resistance and 5) sup...
think, to work on this area. For example, a counselor discovers that because of a childhood trauma, she has an unreasonable dislik...
measuring device is used, there is less need for the student to discuss the reliability and accuracy of the instruments. Statisti...
community of substance abusers who are empowered to support each other through the process (Johnson, 1993). As a result, the alco...
Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...
From this perspective, we can see...
of Revia is the potential for the drug to cause liver problems (Drugstore.com, 2003a). Consequently patients who have existing l...