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    Assess needs of clients with alcohol and/or other drugs issues Part A: Short Answer Questions 1. What is the purpose of client assessment? Depending on the type of assessment that is a conducted‚ a client assessment has many purposes. It helps to determine what the client needs‚ how those needs can be met by a service‚ what their more urgent and important needs are‚ if they need to be referred to other services and helps the service to discover what caused the client to have these needs

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    Alcohol and Adolescents

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    Alcohol and Adolescents Alcohol has become the easiest drug to obtain for adolescents which has been leading to a life of alcoholism. Even though the legal age is twenty one‚ many teenagers are still finding ways to obtain alcohol. According to some reports kids as early as seven have tasted alcohol. Nearly three million young people between the ages of 14 and 17 “are regular drinkers with a serious alcohol problem” (Kittleson‚ 2005‚ 59). With statistics such as this no wonder younger children

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    Alcohol Syncope

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    Abstract Alcohol consumption may be linked to syncopal events. The mechanism by which alcohol may induce syncope is not well understood. Impairment of the response to orthostatic stress may be involved. A growing body of medical evidence suggests that short-term alcohol consumption elicits hypotension during orthostatic stress because of impairment of vasoconstriction. These findings have implications for understanding of hemodynamic effects of alcohol and‚ in particular‚ for understanding

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    Millions’ End of unit assessment ‘Millions’ by Frank Cottrell Boyce is outlining the adventures of two brothers‚ Damian and Anthony‚ who discover an enormous bag of money when a robbery goes wrong. Damian is the younger brother out of the two brothers‚ he is an down to earth person‚ he believes in saints‚ as he thinks that this will help him to reunite with his mother‚ who is dead also Damian likes to help the poor. The playwright has used a variety of dramatic techniques to create dramatic

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    Decision Making in an Addicted Brain Decision making is a mental process of selecting a course of action. We exercise this right to free will on a very regular basis. We often think this right comes easily to us‚ however in individuals with neurological addictions decision making can be a difficult process. With individuals who are addicted to a substance or habit decision making is abnormal (Fecteau‚ 2010). When an addict partakes in the substance they are addicted to there is often a rush or

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    Effects of Alcohol and Nicotine Use Tobacco and alcohol use are common addictions amongst Americans. Each of these products are easily accessible at any convenience store and are perceived to be pleasurable activities as a result of their prevalence in American society. Both drugs also have significantly adverse effects on an individual’s health and overall well-being. However‚ tobacco and alcohol consumption are quite different in the nature of the addiction‚ and the risks each drug pose to one’s

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    ALCOHOLS‚ ETHERS‚ AND PHENOLS Juris Marie G. Garcia Institute of Chemistry‚ University of the Philippines‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City Date Performed: February 27‚ 2015 Date Submitted: March 06‚ 2015 Answers to Questions: 1.) Balanced equations: A. Lucas Test Test Sample Equation Ethyl Alcohol C2H5OH + HCl + ZnCl2  C2H5Cl + H2O Isopropyl Alcohol (CH3) 2CHOH + HCl  (CH3) 2CHCl + ZnC2 + H2O Tert-butyl Alcohol (CH3) 3COH + HCl + ZnCl2  (CH3) 3CCl + ZnCl2 +H2O Benzyl Alcohol C6H5CH2OH + HCl + ZnCl2 

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    Jason X EASL460 004 Summary-Analysis October 11‚ 2011 Summary-Analysis of “Addicted to Phones?” In the article “Addicted to Phones?” April Frawley Birdwell writes that an increasing number of people around the world feel anxious when they leave their cell phone off. He states that the phones are intruding users’ life‚ and the cell phone addicts need to be connected‚ to know what’s going on and be available to other people. He maintains that the addictions to cell phone can be hard to

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    assessment 3 Apply understanding of mental health issues and recovery processes Letter. Sunnyvale Rehab Centre. Tuesday Dear Jimbo‚ Ben is one of my clients and he’s asked me to see if he can come into your program sometime soon. He is very immature and has poor social skills. I think that his parents are to blame for this as they moved around a lot when he was young. Ben comes into our centre quite a lot and he told me that he fancies Mary‚ one of our other clients. I don’t think

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    is green‚ when an alcohol is oxidized by the reagent. A change in color of the reagent from orange to green represents a positive test. Primary alcohols are oxidized by the reagent to carboxylic aicds; secondary alcohols are oxidized to ketones. Tertiary alcohols are not oxidized at all by the reagent. Hence‚ this reaction can be used to distinguish tertiary alcohols form primary and secondary alcohols. Procedures: 1. Place ethanol‚ isopropyl alcohol and tert-butyl alcohol in three different

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