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Article Review on Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse

In five pages a journal article by Clark and Bukstein is reviewed regarding teens, substance abuse, comorbidity, as well as negati...

Alcoholism's Social and Psychological Effects

In eight pages this paper examines the US abuse of alcohol in a consideration of causes, psychological and social effects, and tre...

Prevention And Treatment Programs For Alcohol Abuse

prevention of alcohol abuse from a community perspective has made Sacramento, California a precedent setting city whereby extended...

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...

Teenage Substance Abuse Treatment

Most programs intended to stop teenagers from using and abusing substances fail because the teenager does not want to be there and...

ADVERTISING, TEENS AND UNPROTECTED SEX

have HIV/AIDS and if they do, this isnt something they would likely share with their students), and how the topic is presented. It...

Alcohol and Depression

drinkers life (work, marriage, finances) is not too great, it generally can be reversed or at least prevented from progressing aft...

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...

Health and Alcohol as Perceived by a GP Nurse

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

Alcohol Abuse and Public Health

(Time for coordinated action on alcohol, 2004). It is particularly dangerous to young people, who are more likely than anyone else...

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 ...

Issues in Addiction and Maladaptive Behavior

important to understand the difference between use, abuse and dependence because these terms denote the stages of maladaptive beha...

Choices and Consequences by Schaefer

notes that too many people feel they are responsible for a youths behavior but they are not and in being responsible "to" them the...

The Nursing Issue of Drug and Alcohol Abuse among Nurses

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

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 Validity of Sexual Abuse Charges Made by Children

12 pages and 9 sources. This paper provides an overview of the issue of the validity of sexual abuse claims made by children. Th...

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...

Erikson Freud Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club has become a cult movie because it shows the angst of being not only a teenager but a youngster who has been ab...

Law Enforcement Models

Four decades ago, police departments began considering other models of policing that would bring them closer to the people. Team p...

Negative Effects of Alcohol

engage in behavior that puts them and others at risk. In addition, one can see that many binge drinkers may well be...

Comprehensive Overview of Domestic Violence

In eighteen pages a comprehensive overview of domestic violence is presented in terms of its various types and includes such issue...

Teenager's Perspective on Speeding

Get my grandmother to the hospital right now! As far as I was concerned, the best way to do that was to drive her there as fast a...

Afghanistan Development - Review And Recommendations

nations employ many Afghans. On April 29-30, 2007, Afghanistan held the Fourth Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) in Kabul (Afg...

Analysis of Three Cognitive Processes

are all familiar with different learning styles but the theories discussed take this further. Gardners multiple intelligences prov...

A Personal Narrative on Moving

in just a week and I didnt know anyone - no teachers, no other kids, no one. My fear turned into resentment as I focused my panic...

Arguing in Favor of Reallocating Funds for Programs Involving Drug Abuse and Alcohol Treatment

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

Alcohol as a Drug Discussion

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, ...

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...

Drugs and Their Negative Impact on Teens

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...

Case Scenario/Alcohol Abuse

"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...