Substance Abuse is the number one health problem in the United States according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Worley‚ Conners‚ Crone‚ Williams and Bokony‚ 105). Research from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health reports that 3% of pregnant women used illicit drugs and 3% reported binging on alcohol and after giving birth these numbers increased to 9% and 15% respectively (105). Substance Abuse has plagued human society from time in memorial. Humans have used intoxicants for reasons
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Comprehensive Treatment Plan xxxxxx Capella University COUN 5264 Current Issues in Compulsive and Addictive Behavior Treatment xxxxxx xxxxxx Comprehensive Treatment Plan for Levi Levi is a 35-year-old man who is HIV positive. He works as an auto mechanic. Levi learned he was HIV positive 10 years ago and has since been on medications that have successfully stopped the progression to AIDS. He has been able to maintain being fairly health physically although the disease has began to have a more serious
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Nick Sharpe 2177 words Choose a medical condition that interests you and research it. Write about the possible uses of hypnosis in the treatment of the condition as you see them. I will be looking at the impact that chronic illnesses have on a person’s life with particular reference to the illness Myalgic encephalomyelitis’ (M.E.) sometimes known as ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ (C.F.S). I will explore the role that hypnotherapy
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This is a case study of Sarah‚ a 39 year old female who presented at the emergency department with her husband‚ who is worried about her recent behaviour. She is showing classic signs of Hypomania‚ which is commonly associated with Bipolar Disorder. Hypomania has distinguishing features and can be displayed with high energy levels‚ positive mood‚ irritability‚ inappropriate behaviour‚ heightened creativity and mystical experiences (Athanasos 2009). Bipolar Disorder sufferers not only experience highs
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ANNOTATION ON THE IDEAS OF SOME NURSING THEORISTS IN PRACTICE‚ EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 1. Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery" (Nightingale 1860/1969)‚ that it involves the nurse ’s initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient ’s health‚ and that external factors associated with the patient ’s surroundings
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PABASA SA NUTRITION: Its effectiveness on the knowledge‚ attitudes and practices as acquired by mothers of selected Barangays in Hindang Leyte. INTRODUCTION: Nutrition is recognized as a basic human right‚ vital to the survival‚ growth and development of children according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). And proper nutrition is a key to having a happy‚ healthy life‚ but despite this pronouncement‚ millions of people around the world suffer from malnutrition and continues to
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Introduction The following information was obtained from the movie‚ Precious‚ by Lee Daniels. The information was obtained to conduct a biopsychosocial assessment of the character‚ Precious‚ to utilize the Monmouth University’s empowering‚ strength-based‚ psychosocial assessment‚ and intervention outline. The writer is a graduate student social worker and assessment is aimed towards providing understanding of the presenting problem to promote human rights and economic justice. 1. Identifying information
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Intro Senses connect us to ourselves and surroundings. Sensation: the raw information‚ doesn’t yet mean anything to you until... Perception: the mental process of sorting‚ identifying‚ and and arranging raw sensory data. Enduring Issues in Sensation and Perception Person-Situation: how accurately perceptual experiences reflect the world Mind-Body: experience depending in biological processes Diversity-University: How similarly people experience events Stability-Change‚ Nature-Nurture: How
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A Girl- child refers to a young female human being below the age of majority‚ according to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (Oxford‚ 2012). Girl child marriage‚ also known as early marriage age refers to marriage of a child younger than 18 years old in accordance to article one of the conventions on the rights of the child. Reproductive Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being and not merely the absence
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J. (2002). For better or for worse: Divorce reconsidered. NY: W.W. Norton. Jeynes‚ W. (2002). Divorce‚ family structure‚ and the academic success of children. NY: Haworth Press. Kaemingk‚ K.‚ & Paquette‚ A Lewis‚ M.‚ & Vitulano‚ L.A. (2003). Biopsychosocial issues and risk factors in the family when the child has a chronic illness. Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America‚ 12(3)‚ 389-99. Lewis Harter‚ S. (2000). Psychosocial adjustment of adult children of alcoholics: A review of recent
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