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    appealing to children and adolescents‚ these individuals may be more at risks than other groups of developing gaming addiction. Methods: Given these potential concerns‚ a literature review was undertaken in order to present the classification basis of online gaming addiction using official mental disorder frameworks‚ to identify empirical studies that a session online gaming addiction in children adolescents‚ and to present and evaluate the findings against the background of related and established

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    Strengths for Addiction Counseling In the area of addictions counseling‚ which is the primary area of practice I seek to work professionally‚ my biggest strength is my own personal experience with addiction. When I read things‚ such as the upcoming Week 3 addiction simulation assignment‚ I feel truly blessed to have a thorough and personal understanding of the obsession and compulsion of addiction. While others need to where a bracelet to understand what hiding track marks is like‚ I physically

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    Drug addiction counseling and treatment have recently become a popular topic of discussion and pop culture. We can simply turn on the TV in many cases and see celebrities as they go through rehab. On another channel‚ we might find family members urging an individual to find treatment in an intervention. While the treatment programs presented on these television programs typically feature a paradisiacal treatment location offering a number of leisure activities‚ this is often misrepresented. Here

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    ages‚ and even some adults and the students. With permanent development of computer technology the quality of people using computer either for working purposes or entertainment purposes is increasing speedily. There are many things that causes addiction to computer games‚ one reason being‚ is that most students just need something to occupy their time and these games do that for countless hours. Some students use computer gamings to escape their reality which can include school‚ work and possibly

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    Projects Student Works 4-1-2012 Computer Game Addiction and Emotional Dependence Amy W. Poon Trinity College‚ amypoonthesis@gmail.com Recommended Citation Poon‚ Amy W.‚ "Computer Game Addiction and Emotional Dependence". Senior Theses‚ Trinity College‚ Hartford‚ CT 2012. Trinity College Digital Repository‚ http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/253 Running Head: COMPUTER GAME ADDICTION Poon 1 Computer Game Addiction and Emotional Dependence Amy Poon Trinity College Fall

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    Drug addiction is an important topic that is always being researched because of the various affects it can have on person’s brain and body. According to the Microbiology book‚ you start with an initial need that will get worse as more times you use it. This now becomes an addiction that that causes a person to increase the dosage of the drug to continue the sensation of pleasure (Whishaw and Kolb‚ 2000‚ p.197). Drug addiction is based on the brain system such as the frontal cortex‚ which makes the

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    DotA: Recreation or Addiction? A research paper presented to: Ms. Cecilia Rivera Ramon Magsaysay (Cubao) High School Ermin Garcia St.‚ Brgy. Pinagkaisahan‚ cor. EDSA‚ Cubao‚ Quezon City In partial fulfillment of the requirements of English IV Submitted by: Mark Anthony Serrano IV-Scarlet Chapter I   Introduction Defense of the Ancients (most commonly known as DotA) is one of the hottest and most popular games in the world of video games. But first‚ what is DotA? For

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    Project Periodontitis and Heart Disease Andrea Wilson University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Abstract According to the American Heart Association‚ cardiovascular disease and heart disease are used interchangeably. Cardiovascular disease is a disease that is associated with the heart and blood vessels. There are many different types of heart diseases and they all include a variety of problems. Periodontal disease is a complex chronic inflammatory disease that results in the loss of connective

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    In my health class I was giving the assignment to quit an addiction. The addiction that I chose to quit is to stop biting my nails. I chose to quit this addiction because I have been doing this for almost my entire life. I’ve never liked biting my nails but I’ve done it for so long that I don’t even know I am doing it till after. That is why I chose this addiction. In all honesty this addiction was tough. I’ll share some of my experiences. The first day in my journal I wrote that I had to relapse

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    a heroin overdose. They are forced to sign off custody of the children and put them into foster care(my story). Often‚ many heroin users say they want to quit‚ but the withdrawals are so severe they cannot stand the pain so they continue to use. Addiction is the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S; since heroin is one of the cheapest street drugs it is easier to get ahold of and harder to get off. As of 2016‚ more than 1.5 million people are heroin addicts (Jacob Sullum 1).

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