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    Unit 5 A Qualitative Study of the Oglala Lakota Sioux: The Devastating Implication of Substance Abuse Submitted by Michael L. Albiston “I certify that I have read A Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity at the University of Oklahoma‚ and this paper is an original paper composed by me for this course. Except where properly cited and attributed‚ it has not been copied or closely reworded from any other source and has not been submitted as a whole‚ or in part‚ for credit in any other course

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    Compare and contrast the use of animals and humans in psychological research on substance abuse When explaining substance abuse both nature and nurture have a role to play in understanding‚ through the processes of dependency and withdrawal. Dependency is how difficult someone finds it to cope without another fix. Withdrawal is the effects of coming off of the drug. These processes are similar for everyone; however‚ they can differ because of how nature and nurture modify these experiences.

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    FULLER IN HONDURAS: sTREET CHILDREN AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE MBA 5211: Organizational Ethics CASE STUDY: H.B. FULLER IN HONDURAS: sTREET CHILDREN AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE Organizations are continually faced with ethical dilemmas. Though each dilemma may vary in degree of impact they will have on a company‚ it is essential that a company establish a wise solution to the problem. As we have gathered from this course‚ there are a large variety of views and theories on how to address these problems in the

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    Properties of Substances

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    Properties of Substances- Gr.12 Chemistry Final Lab Report Lab: Properties of Substances M. Nguyen SCH4U April 27‚ 2012 Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to use a variety of tests to identity the type of bonds which are present in each solid. Various substances (paraffin wax‚ sucrose‚ sodium chloride‚ tin‚ and silicon dioxide) were experimented and identified with tests for hardness‚ solubility‚ conductivity‚ and the time for the solid to melt with a candle and Bunsen burner

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    Berkeley on Substance

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    modern period‚ published his work Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous‚ as an argument against the idea of material substance. Berkeley demonstrated a form of Subjective Idealism‚ making the claim that there is no mind-independent reality; all that exists are ideas and the minds that perceive them. To Berkeley‚ there is no external world with matter or material substance. In what is referred to as the work’s ‘Master Argument’‚ Berkeley tries to show the inconceivable nature of mind-independent

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    Discrimination and Early Substance Abuse Among The American Indian Children By Pam Palmer This research is about the relationship between perceived discrimination and early substance abuse among 195 American Indian between the fifth and eighth graders that are from three reservations that share in common culture. In the first article the social problem the researchers‚ investigated was the relationship between perceived discrimination and substance abuse among American Indians

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    A Woman of Substance

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    TANIA MAJOR: A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE QUESTION 1: How would you describe Tania Major in terms of locus of control? Why? Locus of control refers to the generalized belief about the amount of control people have over their own lives (McShane & VonGlinow‚ 2000‚ p.191). This concept was originally developed by Julian Rotters in 1954 and is known to be a psychological term. In simpler terms‚ locus of control refers to an individual’s perception about the underlying main causes of events in his/her life

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    Abuse

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    Psychological Abuse Presented by Psyche Cheung Celia Chan Jason Chan Kris Lee Monday‚ 21 January‚ 13 Abuse harmful‚ injurious‚ or offensive excessive and wrongful misuse of anything Definition • • Psychological Abuse caused by emotional abuse / mental abuse / physical abuse behavior that may result in psychological trauma eg anxiety / chronic depression / post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) happened in the situations of power imbalance abusive relationships / bullying / child abuse / abuse

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    hazardous substances

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    Hazardous Substances. Cvi) a) There are two main types of hazardous substances that will be found in a supported living environment. These are cleaning products/toiletries and medication. b) When handling medication this should always be done using a non touch process; this ensures that the medication is not being contaminated with anything and also that the person dispensing the medication is not absorbing any of the dose themselves through the pores on their fingers. When dispensing

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    Substance Abused Disorder

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    CHAPTER 4 Substance-Related Disorders ● BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT DATA The substance-related disorders are composed of two groups: the substance-use disorders (dependence and abuse) and the substanceinduced disorders (intoxication and withdrawal). Other substanceinduced disorders (delirium‚ dementia‚ amnesia‚ psychosis‚ mood disorder‚ anxiety disorder‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and sleep disorders) are included in the chapters with which they share symptomatology (e.g.‚ substance-induced mood disorders

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