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Proposal for an Addiction Treatment Center

Programs and Addiction Treatment Centers, 2007). Breaking addiction to these and other abused drugs often requires medical interv...

An Examination of Addiction and Recovery

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

Article Analysis: Psychology: "Stress, Motivation and Drug Addiction"

stress can be triggered by positives as well; in fact, stress has been defined as "the nonspecific response of the body to any dem...

University Environment and Drug Addiction

elaborate the description of a college campus as a community...] Major drugs used for addictions can be arranged in four categori...

Dementia Patients and Sexual Addiction

In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...

Addiction and Marijuana

g of cannabis, and up to 2-3 mgs can induce pleasurable effects for the occasional marijuana user (Hall and Solowij, 1998, p. 1611...

Cocaine Addiction and Treatment

widely used substance. Statistics from 1997 show that about 1.5 million ("New treatments," 2001, p.6) Americans had recently used...

Adolescents and Drug Addiction

a beautiful young lady...There is no way to describe the daily misery and agony I went through while addicted to heroin" (The Agon...

Harm Reduction Theory and Drug Addiction

Alternatives, 2001). "Harm reduction" first arose in Great Britain, under the premise that use of illicit drugs should be ...

Addiction And Substance Abuse: Comorbidity

likely to have substance abuse problems, which ultimately establishes a cyclical arrangement for both living and socializing. ...

Crystal Meth: Effects On Teens And Adults

use as of the early 1980s and continues to be one of the most commonly abused street drugs (Methamphetamine). Results from the 20...

CBT & Drug Addiction/A Case Scenario

in which he or she is most vulnerable to drug use, avoid those high-risk situations whenever possible, and use a range of behavior...

Addressing Cocaine Addiction

This research paper focuses on a client scenario, in which the client has a cocaine addition. The topics covered include assessmen...

Treatment Delivery Systems and Addiction Treatment History

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

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Cosmetic Surgery Addiction

physician Enrique Morselli back in 1891 as dysmorphophobia, BDD has been defined as "the fear of having a deformity" (Hunt, Thienh...

Juveniles and Marijuana Addiction

This research paper focuses on the role of peer pressure in regards to adolescent use of marijuana. Whether or not marijuana shoul...

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...

DRUG ADDICTION AND CULTURAL REFERENCES IN HAYDEN’S “SOLEDAD”

Dust, in 1940 (Robert Hayden). Accolades and awards followed (including being the first African-American to be named Poet Laureate...

Relative Therapy in Drug Addiction

Alcoholism and other types of drug addictions impact not just those that suffer from the disease but also their relatives. Drug...

Harrison-Keyes Project Risk Management Plan and Defense

cost effective and potentially profitable. The development of the e-book format can be seen as an extension of the way that many ...

Policy Analysis/Gaming in Mississippi

at both the pros and cons of gaming in the state in order to accurately determine and evaluate its social and economic effects. Ba...

Reality Therapy as Model of Choice

There are numerous intervention theories and models from which counselors can select, each has its own strengths and weaknesses, a...

Onosko's View on RTT, A Letter to the Editor

This paper consists of a hypothetical letter to the editor that relates to Joe Onosko's 2011 article, which offers arguments that ...

Assessing and Reducing the Level of Violence against Firemen

The writer looks at the increasing level of violence that faces firefighters, determining the extent of the problem and then look...

The American Obesity Epidemic

This paper considers whether or not the fast food industry should be sued by those with weight problems and whether the taxpayer s...

CAUTIs and Prevention

This research paper concerns the problem of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and the prevalence of this nosoc...

African Americans, Poverty, and the War on Drugs

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the criminal justice system in regards to multicultural problems. This paper includes the s...

What Schools Can Do to Stem the Obesity Epidemic

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Considerations in Standardized Testing

structures, are differentially activated when a story is interpreted. A students racial background and culture are particularly ...

Two Major Social Problems

computers, and increasing insurance coverage are three simple factors that might have increased the number of reports made to auth...