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and the offering of support through interpreters, mental health assistance, and other forms of approach. Ethnic Divisions As a...
B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....
Perspective, 2002). These substances can include alcohol, sedatives, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, c...
In many circumstances, the punitive nature of those dealing with addicts of all types has changed toward an awareness that there a...
children of alcoholics are more likely to experiment with alcohol at earlier ages than other children (Vail-Smith and Knight, 1994...
ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...
with medications which offer help in suppressing the craving and withdrawal symptoms associated with blocking the effects of the d...
a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...
has been stable at about 12 percent of the total population for decades, but it is now growing through immigration. The fastest-g...
examination" (Anonymous, 2003). Marchman empowers other entities beyond parents and guardians with the ability to involuntarily a...
think, to work on this area. For example, a counselor discovers that because of a childhood trauma, she has an unreasonable dislik...
long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...
"Children must come first in social policies and the allocation of social resources, children must come first in the words and dee...
be gay, they are unaware of some of the issues that might be impacting this particular community, and this could have a definite o...
to their addiction (Excerpt from the BSW, 2004). Addicted patients are often "highly resistant to therapy" and "skilled in making...
substance abuse among medical professionals. Discussion Hines defines...
context of the problem of addressing dual-diagnosed populations. The Dual Diagnosis The term dual diagnosis is a relative...
take to the streets rather than cope with abuse, violence or parental drug addiction. Also, as indicated above in regards to alcoh...
and poverty has been established for many years, and it may be argued that it is the less well-off social classes children will al...
that "as a consequence of their illness they may find themselves living in marginal neighborhoods where drug use prevails" (Hatfie...
the increased propensity of our nations youth to use drugs can be traced back to the same root reasons as the other problems which...
to hire a lawyer. This is true even when police use illegal tactics to secure an arrest. Certainly, there are tax implications an...
the Catholic Church and in work communities. Juans mother, Marianna, lives a block away and spends time with the children after s...
entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...
and Practice, 2001). As this author said, "Cultural competency emphasizes the idea of effectively operating in different cultural ...
Not only are the direct health impacts to the nurse deleterious, impaired nurses cannot meet their responsibility to provide top q...
likely to have substance abuse problems, which ultimately establishes a cyclical arrangement for both living and socializing. ...
with mental illnesses may reach out to drugs or alcohol to ease the pain they are feeling. It becomes very difficult to separate t...
that may trigger a Bipolar incident, many of these also trigger using substances. Oliver (2007) identified twelve different "Trigg...
as many addicts often die early. But there are cases when substances are not abused early in life, but get picked up when the indi...