The disease model views addiction as a disease thus allowing the healthcare system to provide assistance in prevention and treatment of addiction. By implementing the healthcare system to be involved‚ any person suffering from addiction can receive treatment where they may not if addiction was not considered a disease. Scientific advances have shown that addiction has long term effects on the brain and effects the behavior of an individual. With the understanding the addiction is a brain disease that
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Co-occurring Disorders and Addiction SUBS500_ B02_201230 Treatment of drug and alcohol addiction is seldom as simple as merely addressing the particular chemicals addict is taking into his body. More often than not‚ addicts suffer from other disorders in conjunction with their chemical dependency. The clinical reference to such a condition is called co-occurring disorders (Doweiko‚ 2012). According to Arias and Kranzler (2008) an estimated 1.1 percent of the U.S. population has an alcohol
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Perry Jenkins 9/9/13 Intro to Drug Use in Society Drug Abuse and Addiction are major burdens to society. The costs of drug abuse and addiction to our nation are staggering. Fourteen percent of patients admitted to hospitals have alcohol drug abuse and addiction disorders. Almost 20 percent of all Medicaid hospital costs and nearly 1 dollar of every 4 dollar Medicare spends on inpatient care is associated with substance
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Drug Addiction: To Cure or Not To Cure University of Phoenix Abstract Drug addiction is a huge social problem‚ and to some individuals; feel there is no end. People either try to fight this disease or just put their hands down preferring to think that nothing could be done. This paper investigates what drug addiction really is and why some people believe it is incurable. Primarily the main focus of the work is dedicated to the issue of
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Substance Abuse and Addiction: Is There a Solution? Chad Mooney California College San Diego CSS101 September 18‚ 2012 Prof. Jim Rieser Substance Abuse and Addiction: Is There a Solution? Do you or someone you know have a problem with drugs or alcohol? Has life become unmanageable? You should be aware of the differences between abuse and addiction. Because drug abuse and addiction disrupt so many aspects of your life‚ treatment is not simple. Understanding drug abuse and addiction and effective
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to go on. We‚ the researchers‚ thank all of them and wishing them the best of luck. And to everyone who became a part of our work‚ may it be big or small‚ we thank you with our hearts. RESEARCHERS CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM The Effects of DOTA Addiction to the Grade-8 students of Cotabato City State Polytechnic College – Laboratory High School‚ School Year 2014-2015 Introduction: Since the creation of modern technology‚ games have already been included for the purpose of recreation‚ but others
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11 October 2012 Heroin Addiction: Pathways to Treatment Although no single treatment is appropriate for everyone‚ I am an avid supporter of abstinence with psychosocial support as the most valuable and effective treatment for the disease of heroin addiction. This model promotes real change in the life of the addicted. Change that may start with the physical aspect‚ detoxification‚ ridding the body of the offensive chemical‚ and abstinence‚ continuing to not pick up that drug again‚ no matter what
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Running head: CASUAL SEX ADDICTION Casual Sex Can Be an Addiction PSY420 Table of Contents Casual Sex Can it be an Addiction 3 Sexually Activity and Intamcy 3 - 4 Sexually Intercourse 4 - 5 The Additiction 5 - 7 References 8 . Casual Sex Can Be an Addiction It ’s not news to anybody these days‚ if they watch any television or glance over the covers of the magazines lining the counters at checkout in almost all grocery stores‚ that we live in a sex-saturated society where
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Internet Addiction and it Effects on Educational Success Surname‚ Name Professor Institution Course Date Internet addiction is a maladaptive condition of continuously using the internet‚ which has strong withdrawal symptoms like depression‚ and loneliness‚ especially when the victims get off the net for long periods (Johnsons 2009). Just like drug‚ and alcohol addiction‚ internet dependency comes along with a psychological dependency‚ which may lead to medically significant impairments‚
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Adolescence and Addiction Nelly Leenman Liberty University Adolescence and Addiction Using alcohol‚ illegal drugs and tobacco among adolescents has become very common and is therefore a serious public health problem. Though the number of adolescents who smoke tobacco has declined‚ this too remains a problem of serious concern. Alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and illegal drugs are addictive which means that the body can become dependent on them in order to function properly. “Use of alcohol as well as other
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