Roper Webster University Columbia Metropolitan Campus When taking a look at substance abuse and its treatments‚ there are many theoretical backings and how one may go about doing so. As we take a deeper look‚ we can look at other factors as they may have positive and negative effects of successful and non-successful treatment outcomes. When dealing with individuals that have a substance abuse disorder and living with a HIV positive status‚ treatment may warrant a different approach
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• You are approached by a potential client suffering from clinical depression. He has been treated on and off by doctors for over 20 years‚ has a lifestyle of moving around and engaging in hedonistic activity. He is not currently registered with a doctor. He wants to use CBT to control his depression alongside smoking cannabis. How would you respond to this case? 1. Only accept him with signed GP consent and liason with the GP in relation to treatment 2. Goals – medication compliance and reduction
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Alex Barbour Mary Crocker Cook Abnormal Psychology The effects of substance abuse on Dissociative Identity Disorder “For a variety of reasons there has been little dialogue among the disciplines that study patients with trauma and those that study and treat substance abuse. Little systematic investigation exists on the treatment of DID in general‚ and substance abuse in DID in particular” (1). Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined in Essentials of Abnormal Psychology as “a disorder
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breaks down the negative consequences associated with the abuse of alcohol and drugs in society. “Substance abuse‚ the nation’s number one preventable health problem‚ places an enormous burden on American society…” (Linda A. Mooney 64)‚ a statement from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation directly shines a light on the abuse of alcohol and drugs. This paper will briefly summarize the chapter. “The term drug refers to any chemical substance that (1) has a direct effect on users’ physical‚ psychological
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Clients experiencing depression who are receiving services with private practice clinicians should be adequately assessed and well educated regarding their condition. The clinician should seek information pertaining to the source of the depression‚ and a variety of treatment options should be made available for the client. I strongly agree with Dr. Goodman‚ clients should be told the truth about the causes of depression and not commonly used metaphors‚ such as the serotonin theory (Lacasse & Leo
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About 7.1% of mothers nowadays are afflicted with a depressive disorder called post-natal depression‚ also known as postpartum depression. However‚ only 20% of them are perceived as ill. Denial‚ anger ‚ bargaining‚ depression‚ and acceptance are the five stages of development for PND‚ which are also called “ stages of grief”. The treatment of PND is based on psychoeducation‚ psychopharmaceuta‚ inclusion of relatives‚ and psychotherapy. The first three stages are denial‚ anger‚ and bargaining. Denial
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) An example of emotional abuse would be: name calling or threatening a elderly person. Elder abuse is more prevalent then we are made aware of. Griffith (2015) states that 1 in 20 older adults are victim to some kind of elder abuse. Elder abuse can happen anywhere‚ within the older adults own home and even in government run long term care facilities. Bloemen‚ Rosen‚ Clark‚ Nash and Mielenz (2015) found that an average of 11‚749 older adults were abused or neglected in long term care facilities between
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Janel Fulton Aharen Richardson English 1113 October 30‚ 2012 Substance Abuse Within the Ranks “An Enemy Called Addiction Guelph Man’s Struggles in the Canadian Forces Suggest Our Military is Ill-Prepared to Battle Substance Abuse Within its Ranks”(Guelph Mercury (ON)‚ 09/03/2011) an article written on September 03‚2011 and published in the Guelph Mercury news paper in Ontario Canada is an essay written over one mans struggles with addiction in the military. The military doesn’t know how
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Elder Abuse According to the National Research Council (2003) elder abuse is a deliberate action that cause injury or generate serious risk of harm to a vulnerable older adult by a caregiver or other person who is in charge of the elder. In the United States‚ 700‚000 to 1.2 million of senior are exposed to abuse and there are 450‚000 new cases yearly (Bond and Butler‚ 2013). In fact‚ elder abuse and neglect is a critical health care issue that must be brought to the attention of health care providers
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Serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. Castlebeck abuse failings A care establishment called winterbourne view was owned by castlebeck care ltd in bristol. The establishment was closed down on 24th june 2011 due to systemic failures to protect people. BBC’s panorama filmed patients being pinned down‚ slapped‚ doused in cold water‚ and repeatedly taunted and teased despite warnings by the whistleblower. A senior nurse had alerted the care homes management and the CQC on
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