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up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...
but they are human problems. People who get into trouble with these substances need help, not censure. This paper describes some o...
the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...
families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...
simply a money making venture that serves to create a larger divide between social classes. Alexander and Roberts note that the...
substance no matter what the consequences that led societies to research the issue and develop the disease concept. What is addi...
then it should be remembered that not all smokers become addicted; some are able to quit easily and never take up the habit again....
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...
affected by it. Young people are particularly susceptible to the effects of alcohol as their brains are still developing. Adolesc...
(13). Elster contends that gambling addiction comes about slowly and the first step is that someone finds himself in a certain env...
3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how "The Wizard of Oz" was Garland's first major step toward a life of drug addic...
took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...
are admitted sex addicts and "shopohaulics." No one would want to outlaw shopping or sex, but of course, sex and shopping are regu...
addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...
the substance replaces recreational social or occupational activities (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). * The continuing u...
should be regarded as legitimate treatments that help to wean the addicted individual from the abused substance both psychologica...
(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...
alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...
This is unfortunate, because college students are significantly more likely to have problems with gambling than older adults, and ...
she became a prostitute and fulfilled her role as a drug addict who would do anything to get a fix. Of course, labeling theory has...
helps smokers to see nicotine as a drug and 43 percent of their program participants are smoke-free after a year (Hazelden Foundat...
lines of demarcation shaped by race, socioeconomic status, gender, or age. It was at it height in the late 1970s. In fact, 1979...
dynamics to the point of the child being disrespectful to parents, harboring a negative attitude, breaking rules, instigating quar...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
wide range of areas important in achieving and maintaining recovery from drug or alcohol addiction: * Enhanced self esteem * Inter...
crime to pay for their habits, they fail academically, and they fail in society as a whole. Drug abusers can become violent or en...
In seven pages this report examines group therapy as addiction treatment in a consideration of how cognitive therapy can assist in...
discipline of psychology during the next century. One of his beliefs, based on past trends, is that psychology, as a field in gene...
In five pages this paper examines addiction in terms of various self analysis questions. One source is cited in the bibliography....