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Olmeztoprak presents a thorough review of current literature pertaining to the significance of valid, reliable assessment practice...

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

basis. Rather than automatically discount such plans, practitioners must always evaluate these tentative suicide plans and the int...

This study, however, asserts that these barriers might be overcome by "tapping into the power of the group modality", such that ad...

learning and academics. As the field of self-regulation in learning has emerged, an entirely new theory of self-regulated learning...

to the use of some narcotic" (A Seven-Percent Solution, 2003). Holmes was, in his private life, a moody individual who had begun ...

In five pages California's state addiction treatment program is examined with the overall plan included but concentrates on the tw...

addiction, including salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict and relapse" (Griffiths, 2001, p. 333). Intern...

This 3 page paper gives an overview of some positive and negative parts of social media use. This paper includes things such as ad...

This paper offers answers to nine questions that address Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. The film focuses on the...

In this paper, the writer reflects on the ethical issues associated with treating substance abusers and addiction. The paper cites...

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

and their attempts to fulfill their desires (Boeree, 1997). This leads to a lack of social interest or concern (Boeree, 1997). On...

More precisely, in looking at cigarette addiction in young people, what are its causes? The causes of addiction are rather physio...

these teens the freedom and boosts to self-esteem that may not be afforded them in the real world. In these communities they are a...

(13). Elster contends that gambling addiction comes about slowly and the first step is that someone finds himself in a certain env...

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

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

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

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

to throw a game. Greed is often at the crux of sports gambling. Players, even if they are doing rather well, may be lured by easy...

are admitted sex addicts and "shopohaulics." No one would want to outlaw shopping or sex, but of course, sex and shopping are regu...

This is unfortunate, because college students are significantly more likely to have problems with gambling than older adults, and ...

wide range of areas important in achieving and maintaining recovery from drug or alcohol addiction: * Enhanced self esteem * Inter...

helps smokers to see nicotine as a drug and 43 percent of their program participants are smoke-free after a year (Hazelden Foundat...

lines of demarcation shaped by race, socioeconomic status, gender, or age. It was at it height in the late 1970s. In fact, 1979...

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

deemed insane but they did try to keep inebriates out of their institutions (2002). Dr. Thomas Kirkbride explained in 1840 why h...

This paper discusses the personal narratives of soldiers and indicates the parts of these narratives that are applicable to Procha...

provides an overview of what is available in terms of assisting addicts to turn their lives around. Finally, this medical journal ...