Alcohol Addiction and Mental Health Mental Health Nursing Professor M. McCutch MSN‚ RN December 8‚ 2012 A.G.‚ a 53 year old African American male was admitted for Alcohol Dependence. His Axis I diagnosis was Alcohol Dependence and Alcohol Induced Mood Disorder with Depression. A.G. was admitted to the Mentally Ill and Chemically Addicted (MICA) Unit of Bergen Regional Medical Center on November 20. Upon admission his alcohol level was .278. The legal level in New Jersey is .08. (
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Alcohol Advertising Television is the number one spot where advertisements are released because of the variety of age groups that it reaches throughout the United States. “Average number of hours per week that American youth ages 12-17 watch television: 20 hours‚ 20 minutes‚” (CERC‚ 1998). Although Television is the most effective way to advertise products because of how much it is consumed and how large of an audience it captures‚ does it attract individuals who were not intended to be targeted
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individuals who stutter have disagreed with these accusations. Stuttering can have a tremendous negative impact on a person’s life in many ways. New research is being done to disprove the notion that stuttering is a disorder of the mind‚ and rather a biological condition. The thought of stuttering being a potentially genetically or inherited trait may seem shocking to some people. According to Dennis Drayna (2012)‚ who is a researcher at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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OF VIEW Young people and alcohol misuse: how can nurses use the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion? AUTHORS Bernadette Ward RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Ed‚ MPHandTM‚ MHlth Sci Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. B.Ward@latrobe.edu.au Glenda Verrinder RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Higher Ed‚ Grad Dip Pub and Com Health‚ MHlth Sci Senior Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. ABSTRACT Alcohol misuse in Australia society
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“When discussing the theories on personalities you could name a view that are researched. Biological Theories are the approach of genetics and personality traits. Behavioral Theories suggest that personality is a result of interaction between the individual and the environment. These theorist reject theories that internal thoughts and feeling into account. Psychodynamic Theories are influenced by Freud‚ focuses on the childhood experience and the unconscious mind in personality. Humanist Theories
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Marijuana v. Alcohol Grass. Ganja. Kush. Weed. Pot. Mary Jane. Marijuana. Marijuana is an illegal substance in America‚ used by people to get “high.” It has become a recent debate over whether it is right to legalize marijuana or to keep it as an illegal substance. Many people believe that marijuana is a dangerous substance that should never be legalized in America. These people focus on marijuana which is harmless in comparison to alcohol‚ which is a legal and widely used substance in America
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Alcohol and the Media’s Relationship “The United States Department of Health‚ Human Health‚ and The University of Texas‚ both have found that there was no link between alcohol advertising and the consumption of alcohol.” Drinking is encouraged by parents‚ best friends‚ and even teachers. There has been no research Or evidence that alcohol advertising have anything to do with alcohol consumption like most people think. Drinking ads don’t encourage drinking‚ they don’t have anything to do with
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The effects of alcohol on military service members Military service members are not immune to the harmful effects of Alcohol in their personal life’s. Studies have shown‚ Soldiers tend to abuse the use of Alcohol to the extent of becoming addicted to the harmful substance due in part to the stressor’s they in contour in their working environment. Alcohol is a substance that has been abused by the general public since its origin‚ but in recent years’ studies have shown the increase abuse by military
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The thought of alcohol being involved in fatal crashes brings about an emotional response. Recently‚ there has been a movement based on emotion rather than logic to change a certain drinking and driving law. This involves lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from 0.10% to 0.08% nationwide. However‚ this attention is misdirected. By looking at my personal experiences‚ statistics‚ and current laws‚ it is clear that there is no need for lowering the BAC. First off‚ I do not drink. Yet‚ I’ve had
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BIOLOGICAL THEORY SHANNON & SAM BIOLOGICAL THEORY (ARNOLD GESELL) The Biological (Maturational Theory) of child development was developed by a man named Arnold Gesell. Gesell’s theory was shaped by the expectations that development is based in biology‚ children alternate between good and bad years in development‚ and that body types share a connection with personality development. The Maturational Theory focuses on physical and mental development‚ and Gesell saw these developmental patterns being
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