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Adolescent Substance Abuse and Comorbidity

In five pages a research design detailed in an article discussing adolescent substance abuse and comorbidity is critiqued. Four s...

Parent Substance Abuse and Effects on Their Children

In eight pages parental substance abuse and the lingering effects upon their children are discussed. Eleven sources are cited in ...

Families and the Effects of Substance Abuse

In nine pages this paper examines how families are affected by substance abuse in a comparative analysis of rates in the United St...

Crime, Alcohol, and Drugs

In twenty pages crime and the relationships both genetic and environmental that exist between its commission and abusing substance...

Juvenile Development and the Negative Effects of TV Violence

young children, although incontestable, is one of the prominent societal concerns of the time. Such graphical violence has been d...

Behavior and the Effects of Social Influence

want to hone in on specific types of examples such as substance abuse, because then it will be easier to convey how social influen...

Adolescent Treatment of Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper incorporates sections from the KTadldrg.wps paper file and briefly describes Mount Freedom, New Jersey's ...

Newspaper Editorial Evaluation

In five pages a September 9, 1998 editorial featured in The Arizona Republic involving a wife's efforts to protect her daughter wh...

Juvenile Delinquency, Domestic Violence, and the Effects of Substance Abuse

In twelve pages this paper examines how juvenile delinquency and domestic violence increases are affected by substance abuse in th...

Substance Abuse and AIDS Correlation

In six pages the relationship between substance abuse, particularly heroin, and AIDS is discussed and AIDS' effects on intravenous...

Health Care Industry and Ethical Issues Posed by Substance Abuse During Pregnancy

In 6 pages this paper examines the ethical issues associated with the abuse of substances during pregnancy from a health care prof...

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 ...

Substance Abuse and Psychology

In five pages this paper discusses various psychosocial components as they relate to substance abuse issues. Thirteen sources are...

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 ...

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...

REBT/Treatment for Alcoholism

ones life (Mulhauser, 2011). The first reaction, that is, normal grief, leads to sadness, which is a perfectly healthy, normal par...

Diagnostic Approaches to Mental Illness

clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...

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...

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...

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

principles: 1) express empathy; 2) develop discrepancy; 3) avoid argumentation; 4) deal with, or "roll with" resistance and 5) sup...

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...

Criminal Offenses and Substance Abuse

with 0 meaning definitely not and 100 meaning definitely. A definite score indicating mental illness caused the person to commit t...

Substance Abuse Effects

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

Drug Abuse and the Elderly

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

Abuse of Women in Muslim Societies: The Cultural Contributors

society, women are often subjected to a variety of abuses, both physical and psychological. Sadly, nowhere is this form of abuse m...

Violence at Work: A Problem for Nurses

In a paper of six pages, the author writes about research on the problem of workplace violence against nurses. The studies used i...

Child Abuse Journal Article Critiqued

The Journal of Interpersonal Violence was the source for an article on Valerie Whiffen and Melissa Judd's 1999 study on childhood ...

Case Study Kendra and Austin

This case involves a mother and her teenage son and the abuse suffered by the mother. Her drunken husband violently abused her dai...

Women and Using Drugs

Can convergence theory be used to discuss the increase in the use of substances among women? The writer of this paper does that. T...