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The Disease Concept of Alcoholism

Using the term "disability" was okay as well. The old model however would focus on pathology as well as an individuals deficienci...

Social Work and Alcoholism

are the personal and societal costs. There is no way to predict which families will suffer from the direct and indirect impacts of...

Workplace Absenteeism and Alcoholism

are alcohol related" (Clifford; Soares, 1990; 26). In addition, an alcoholics life expectancy is less than it is for most healthy ...

Nursing and Family's Role

caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...

Criminal Justice and Alcoholism

of drug addiction (alcohol included) and they engage in criminal activity to support that addiction. Statistics support this obs...

An Alcoholism Overview

and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Loman Family's Symbolism

finally come to terms with the reality of the situation. Happy, of course, is a chip off the old block, confined into his narrow a...

Alcoholics and ADHD

Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...

Coexisting Disorders and Recommended Treatment

well, and is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience of witnessing a life-threatening event such...

A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill

time at home with his wife and family. It is his father who will introduce young Pete to alcohol, and Hamill will write of it as ...

American Families v. Chinese Families

the woman more "desirable" and therefore more likely to marry and not be a burden on her family any longer (Family Structure, 2003...

Nursing Research Article 'Predicting Family Health in Families of Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness' Reviewed

new research is needed in the area. The style of the literature review is appropriate in that the author divides it into we...

Structured Family Theory of Minuchin and Family Dysfunction

transformation, characterized by the organization of hierarchical positions and recurring transaction patterns between and among t...

Literature Review on Stress Agents

often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...

Literature Review and Case Study on Family Therapy

addition to the alcoholism. She is a compulsive shopper and gambler. One of her twin daughters, Sarah, is pregnant and claims that...

An Atlanta Homeless Families' Overview

evil, they also do have some concerns and want to help. The first thing that must be done is to analyze the problem. It is importa...

Alcoholic Patients and Nursing

abuse despite interpersonal problems or social caused brought about by drinking (Dawson, 2000). Repeated drinking of alcohol on da...

The Causes and Effects of Alcoholism

to certain diseases (Wastyn and Wastyn, 1997). According to a study performed by Kenneth Blum and his colleagues at the Universit...

Family Violence and Making the Family Unit Stronger

in quelling situations of domestic violence and child abuse. II. Domestic Violence Domestic violence is a serious problem an...

Families in the Movies Soul Food and My Family

one gets to that point, there is something that changes or something that does not fit well. For example, we could get a good look...

Family Dynamics Models, Rational Choice and Family Policy

would entail having to heat up something else for him. Perhaps, the mother thinks, she could make spaghetti for her family, find s...

Overview of the Latino Family's Life Cycle

use of "Latino" and "Latina," which are Spanish words, have been viewed as more inclusive and politically correct (Delgado-Romero,...

Families with Single Parents and Family Therapy Implications

parent, and have difficulties in terms of adequate supervision. II. Review of the Literature and Application to the Single-Par...

Fictional Family Unit and Application of Family Theory

brief excursion into heterosexuality twenty years earlier, who Armand and Albert raised. Son Val (Dan Futterman) does not share A...

Alcoholism Causes

This research paper discusses in five pages alcoholism and its causes and includes sociological, physiological, and psychological ...

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

This thesis paper examines this novel. Issues such as religion, revolution, morality and alcoholism are addressed. This five page...

Recovery from Addiction and Inner Child Therapy

In seven pages this paper examines a woman's recovery from anorexia and alcoholism and also considers inner child concepts. Five ...

Genetic Testing and Appropriate Uses

In five pages a hypothetical case study is presented involving an insurance company's interest in genetic testing with references ...

Alcohol Treatment Therapy and Issued Involving Lesbian and Gay Patients

In seven pages this paper examines alcoholism treatment of homosexual patients in a consideration of various counselor issues. Fo...

American Family's Decline

probabilities of marrying and remarrying have decreased, cohabitation outside of marriage has become common, and rates of separati...