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Medical Treatment, Parents, Religion and the Law

even her mother and father over whether she should get blood transfusions to treat her leukemia. Doctors say that without the trea...

3 Theorists on Psychological Disorders

Three Perspectives: 10 pages in length. This paper examines the theories and treatments of psychological disorders as viewed by t...

Tutorial on Whether or Not Hyperactive Children Should be Treated with Drugs

In six pages this tutorial defines ADD, ADHD, and MBD, along with diagnosis and treatments of each outlined and then opines with j...

Various Aspects of Albinism

presence of Albinism, inasmuch as one of many potential defects in the bodys ability to metabolize tyrosine results in absence of ...

Three Questions

This research paper responds to three questions, which pertain to addiction, civic education and critical thinking. Three pages in...

Ssubstance Abuse

Drug addiction and substance abuse are very complex conditions. The more prolonged they are, the more damage they do to the brain’...

Film Review, Requiem for a Dream

This essay pertain to Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream, and describes how each of the characters' lives spiral in...

Sports Gambling and the Ethical and Moral Concerns It Arouses

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...

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" (...

Children and Drug Addiction

dynamics to the point of the child being disrespectful to parents, harboring a negative attitude, breaking rules, instigating quar...

Zip Code 11572 and Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs

alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...

Operant and Classical Conditioning and Addiction

dog; the dog naturally salivated with anticipation for his food. After a while, the dog would salivate when he heard the bell whet...

Issues in Family Addiction Therapy

intent is not to minimize the problem, but rather to discern ways in which family members can be supportive (Juhnke and Hagedorn, ...

Discussion Questions for Family Therapy

to reaffirm his or her commitment to helping the addicted party. 2. Identify the five major drug detection tests. (2 points ...

Discussion Questions on Addiction and Group Therapy

initial stage of self-evaluation and who has admitted that they have a problem with addiction, and is in the early stages of recov...

Addiction Assessment, A Thesis Analysis

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

Substance Abuse Counseling

they were performed. Sounds easy but it isnt (Management Study Guide, 2012). We all observe and interpret differently. This is the...

Self-Regulation Outside Psychology

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

Interviews with 3 Burglars

have to share the proceeds with anyone. The first man generally enters through a garage door. The second man, however, indicated ...

Addressing Drug Abuse

Drug addiction is one of societys most concerning problems. Whether the addiction is to a prescription drug or a street drug, the...

Addiction Theories, Definitions and Issues

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

Addiction Counseling - Critical Issues

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

Issues Surrounding Sexual Addiction

ABSTRACT Sexual addiction is a common element of the modern...

Models of Addiction

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

Current Views on Drug Addiction

(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...

The Deleterious Effects of Computer Gambling

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

Addiction Transfer Disorder & Gastric Bypass Surgery

addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...

The Long Term Effects of Alcohol on Personality

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

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 ...

SUD as Chronic Disease plus Overweight Kids

This essay proposes to categorize substance abuse as a chronic disease. The National Institute on Drug Abuse affirms this opinion ...