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Psychological Disorders: Categorization and Classification

is used to categorize symptoms and disorders to aid in a standardized diagnosis between professionals. This has led to an industry...

Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...

HB326, A Louisiana Bill

issues that contraindicate the effectiveness and utility of this legislation, as passage of HB326 facilitates the delivery of emer...

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...

Counseling Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment

population, with the largest demographic designation being individuals of mixed race, as they comprise 6 percent of the population...

EBP Approach to Substance Abuse Disorders

This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...

Drunk History and Substance Abuse Counseling

This essay pertains to "Drunk History," a TV show in which participants describe instances from history while inebriated. The writ...

Substance Abuse Treatment Privacy

Confidentiality and privacy are demanded for medical and mental health professionals. Psychologists and therapists live by the Eth...

Substance Abuse Effects

This essay provides information related to the ADA and substance abuse. It then discusses medical, social, psychological, and voca...

Women, AIDS and HIV in the District of Columbia

2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

Substance Abuse and Emile Durkheim's Social Theories

a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...

A Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

would relapse into drug use within the first three months after completion. More than likely, the number would be closer to 8 out ...

Ethnicity and Substance Abuse

Perspective, 2002). These substances can include alcohol, sedatives, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, c...

Substance Abuse and Teenagers

ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...

Counseling and Treatment for Substance Abuse

with medications which offer help in suppressing the craving and withdrawal symptoms associated with blocking the effects of the d...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Substance Abuse

many different problems, including attention-deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, depression and a number of ...

Cases Regarding Substance Abuse Outpatient and Rehabilitation Centers

paper will attempt to examine the problem surrounding the construction of these treatment centers and how zoning has sometimes pro...

Senior Citizens and Substance Abuse

the prevalence of substance abuse among the elderly as it often goes unrecognized (Irons and Rosen, 2002). However, alcoholism do...

How to Serve a Client with Multiple Physical and Mental Health Issues

combination of these factors can lead to an increase rate of CNS deterioration which in turn can lead to increased neurological si...

Substance Abuse and a Supervision Personal Theory

identifies five basic qualities of effective supervision: 1. Formal structure which is...

Substance Abuse Counseling and Clinical Supervision

addictions supervision" (Juhnke and Culbreth, 2002). Clinical supervision in the addictions arena is very different than clinica...

Hispanics, Black, Substance Abuse, and Multicultural Counseling

of African American counseling psychologists. 6. Barriers to access to mental health services. C. Latinos/Hispanic Americans 1. De...

Ethnicity and Substance Abuse

and the offering of support through interpreters, mental health assistance, and other forms of approach. Ethnic Divisions As a...

Decline of Organized Religion and American Social Problems

idea that crime is caused by a change in social norms. V. Conclusion All of these things have in common is that they are thi...

REBT and Narcotics and Alcoholics Anonymous' Twelve Steps Programs

community of substance abusers who are empowered to support each other through the process (Johnson, 1993). As a result, the alco...

Pregnant Adolescent Minorities and the Treatment and Prevention of Substance Abuse

think, to work on this area. For example, a counselor discovers that because of a childhood trauma, she has an unreasonable dislik...

Critique of a Journal Article on Ethnic Disparities Regarding Treatment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues

measuring device is used, there is less need for the student to discuss the reliability and accuracy of the instruments. Statisti...

Substance Abuse Agency and Management Theory

has been stable at about 12 percent of the total population for decades, but it is now growing through immigration. The fastest-g...