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Impact on Society, Innovation in Communications Technology, Impact on Society

several decades have witnessed the emergence of revolutionary technological innovations in communications, which have greatly affe...

Aspects of Substance Abuse

For example, the Addictive Personality theory maintains that addiction is not due to the chemical effect of the drug, but rather i...

Society's Obsession With Celebrity

reported elsewhere, or the writer personally knows the content is true based on news broadcasts or other knowledge the writer has....

Issues of Addiction and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

It grows along with the addiction to the power source. Addictions are as unique as are individuals, and therefore the effects can...

A Look at Addiction

substance no matter what the consequences that led societies to research the issue and develop the disease concept. What is addi...

Tobacco Regulation

then it should be remembered that not all smokers become addicted; some are able to quit easily and never take up the habit again....

Operant and Classical Conditioning and Addiction

dog; the dog naturally salivated with anticipation for his food. After a while, the dog would salivate when he heard the bell whet...

Addiction Behaviors and Two Psychological Theories

up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...

Mamawawa, Sleep, Drug Addiction and Other Issues

the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...

Optimizing Emotional Health Benefits and Opiates

health effectiveness to the treatment of depression and the dependence upon heroin. Depression is likely the most common malady e...

Using Gestalt Theory with Families

own feelings, behaviors and thoughts. The phenomenological method of gaining awareness is about "perceiving, feeling and acting" (...

Treating the Addict and Helping in Recovery

but they are human problems. People who get into trouble with these substances need help, not censure. This paper describes some o...

Plath & Wharton/Society’s Expectations for Women

Jar was published in 1961 and Plath committed suicide just two years prompted a New York Times critic to question if it was even p...

Judy Garland's Drug Addiction During "The Wizard Of Oz"

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how "The Wizard of Oz" was Garland's first major step toward a life of drug addic...

Food Addictions, Symptoms and Treatments

took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Symptoms, Treatment and Society’s View of Sufferers

life, though they may never be completely free of the disease (Wilkins, 2007). Its important to recognize that OCD is different f...

Addiction Transfer Disorder & Gastric Bypass Surgery

addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...

The Long Term Effects of Alcohol on Personality

affected by it. Young people are particularly susceptible to the effects of alcohol as their brains are still developing. Adolesc...

Section Addiction; the Addiction and Contrasting Treatments Using Narrative and Existential Therapy

for one person may be unhealthy for another. A parallel with alcoholism may also be useful, the way one individual used alcohol ma...

Chemical Dependency Issues

the substance replaces recreational social or occupational activities (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). * The continuing u...

Current Views on Drug Addiction

(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...

Zip Code 11572 and Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs

alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...

Models of Addiction

should be regarded as legitimate treatments that help to wean the addicted individual from the abused substance both psychologica...

Pathologic Gambling In Parkinson's Disease Patients Using Dopamine Agonist

which dopamine agonists and levodopa therapy works synergistically to provide physical benefits is both grand and far-reaching; th...

Regulation of Gambling and Casinos

started to arise in the 1970s and 1980s when under the Regan administration there was increased pressure for Indian communities no...

Proctor and Gamble in 2005

drawn to the branded toilet tissue Charmin and feed their cat or dog Iams pet food. The products may also all be bought from the s...

Teenage Gambling on College Sports

gambling. Spanier takes the view that part of the problem lies in the way in which gambling is perceived by society: as it is not ...

U.S. Economy and Riverboat Gambling

In six pages this paper discusses riverboat casinos in a consideration of its pros and cons from economic and social perspectives....

Sales Forecasting and Proctor and Gamble

In five pages this paper considers the various approaches P and G might take to forecast sales with graphs and charts included. F...

State Lotteries and Gambling

implementation of the system in their state from other states. They studied five states that had implemented the lottery in their ...