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Substance Abuse and Adolescents

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5

This is the manual mental health care professionals use for diagnostic and informational purposes. The manual lists mental health ...

Substance Use and Abuse

The Healthy People 2020 project reported that substance abuse in the United States has decreased but there are still more than 20 ...

The Problem of Alcohol Abuse - Impact in Abusers and Families

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

Client Therapy and Alcohol Abuse of 3 Generations

may be already susceptible to the disease and to other types of substance abuse as seen with her marijuana use. Her religious cult...

Communication and Alcoholics

types of communication regardless of the formal or informal status. For example when we have a conversation the way a person stand...

The Harmful Physical Effects of Sustance Abuse and Alcohol

It is approximately 6 to 13 percent now (PG). Some samples that have been seized are even higher. It takes less of the more pote...

Adolescent Children of Alcoholic Parents

In a paper consisting of ten pages the impact of parental alcohol abuse upon adolescent children's behavior and effects upon their...

Parent Alcohol Abuse and Effects on Children

question whether that is the case or not, because that will be all he has ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his ...

Abstinence is Less Important Than Alcohol Education

In five pages it is argued that educating individuals of the effects of alcohol has a greater impact than abstinence as far as abu...

Alcoholism and Genetics

more common than single-gene disorders, tend to involve multiple genes, also include significant environmental factors, and are as...

Alcohol Use of Polices Among the Indigenous Population in Australia

(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and the Family

family may be seen as different make up where there is a carting and safe environment, This may mean not looking at the characteri...

Drug Addiction and Psychological Testing

In twelve pages this paper discusses psychological testing and its effects upon substance abuse in terms of diagnosis, prevention ...

Overview of Depression

In ten pages depression is defined in terms of its various causes and treatment forms with frequent reference made to DSM IV or th...

ADHD

In five pages this paper examines Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder according to DSM IV definition, causes, and treatment o...

Primary Care Screening Tool

In seven pages this paper examines an alcohol abuse screening too, the AUDIT, which consists of 10 questions and how it can be cut...

Anxiety Disorders and Analytic Treatment

In a paper consisting of seven pages the analytic treatment for anxiety orders as classified by DSM IV are discussed in order to d...

Overview of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In fourteen pages this overview of narcissism includes the DSM IV definition and various theories and treatment approaches. Fifte...

Depression and Anxiety

In a paper consisting of five pages the concepts of depression and anxiety are defined in accordance with the APA's DSM IV manuel,...

An Oveview of Agoraphobia

In five pages the DSM IV Axis classification of agoraphobia is presented and compared with the film Copycat and the characterizati...

Alan E. Kazdin's Cognitive and Behavioral Approach to Conduct Disorder

In ten pages DSM IV criteria is employed to define conduct disorder in a paper that distinguishes it from antisocial and border pe...

Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia Dual Diagnosis

In six pages this paper examines the counseling and therapeutic challenges of dual diagnosis particularly as it relates to mental ...

Psychological Classification of Silence of the Lambs' Hannibal Lecter

some degree of forbidden impulses and thoughts. Most, however, do not act upon these thoughts and impulses. Hannibal Lechter dev...

DSM IV Classification of the Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder

In ten pages this paper examines the DSM IV criteria as it applies to passive aggressive personality disorder. Fifteen sources ar...

Diagnosing and Treating Pathological Gambling

In five pages this paper discusses pathological gambling in terms of the DSM IV diagnostic criteria and then considers various mod...

All About Insomnia

In seven pages insomnia is examined in an overview that includes DSM IV assessments, symptoms, methods of prevention, and evaluate...

Assessment of Domestic Abuse

as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). E...

DSM IV Criteria for Schizophrenia

descriptions for various mental and psychological disorders and breaks them down into diagnostic classes. Utilizing the DSM IV al...

Tourette's Syndrome Treatments Literature Review

physiological effects of a substance (e.g., stimulants) or a general medical condition (e.g., Huntingtons disease or postviral enc...