Essays 31 - 60
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...
In a paper consisting of ten pages the impact of parental alcohol abuse upon adolescent children's behavior and effects upon their...
entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...
"total years of life lost to disability (YLD), with depression accounting for 8% of the total YLD" (Mathers, et al., 2001; p. 1076...
(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...
In seven pages this paper examines an alcohol abuse screening too, the AUDIT, which consists of 10 questions and how it can be cut...
drinkers life (work, marriage, finances) is not too great, it generally can be reversed or at least prevented from progressing aft...
The Healthy People 2020 project reported that substance abuse in the United States has decreased but there are still more than 20 ...
research shows that the majority of women, and also a percentage of men, who seek treatment for substance abuse disorders indicate...
engage in behavior that puts them and others at risk. In addition, one can see that many binge drinkers may well be...
In five pages this research paper discusses the correlation between sex and using alcohol as it pertains to adolescents and teens....
In eight pages adolescents addicted to alcohol and drugs are examined from a counseling perspective in which addiction is defined ...
to drugs, when placed in water is to swim vigorously and frantically claw at the side of the container in an effort to escape (Rib...
important to understand the difference between use, abuse and dependence because these terms denote the stages of maladaptive beha...
Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...
more common than single-gene disorders, tend to involve multiple genes, also include significant environmental factors, and are as...
because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...
long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...
like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...
was missing during the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix time and time again due to the individua...
those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
juice etc. This mixture of yeast and juice is left to ferment for several weeks in a container that does not allow air to enter, ...
the current status of the problem of associated violence within this sport due largely in part to drugs and/or alcohol. Soccer S...
prevalence of teenage alcohol abuse are major public health problems in the United States. Nobody denies the simple fact that th...
In a paper consisting of eleven pages the increased incidences of women and alcohol abuse and how this mandates federal, state, an...
In five pages it is argued that educating individuals of the effects of alcohol has a greater impact than abstinence as far as abu...
B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....
interviewed more than 40 recovered and active alcoholic women across the United States: young, old; black, white; sisters, mothers...