Addiction: Is there a perfect treatment There are many types of drug and/or alcohol treatments that are available today. Even the “most effective treatment” might be helpful to one addict‚ and be of no help to another. No matter what course of treatment an addict chooses‚ whether it is based on the newest scientific evidence”‚ 12 step groups‚ therapy or any other method‚ there is simply no “one size fits all”. Addiction is a choice‚ it is not a disease. When an addict comes to the
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Dependencies midterm paper Is Addiction a Symptom Or a Primary Disease? The problem with the question of whether addiction is a disease or not is that it requires us to try to fit a loosely defined term into a vaguely defined category. Critics of the addictive disease model‚ also called the medical model‚ say that labeling drug addiction as a disease detracts addicts from assuming responsibility and taking control of their lives. Yet the very nature of addiction is similar to many other diseases
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Current Topics in Health 26 November 2012 Drug Addiction a Disease? Drug addiction‚ a new major phenomenon in our society today. The dependence‚ compulsive craving of a drug which becomes priority over all other issues in one’s life. We recognize that this issue of drugs and addiction is a growing problem now affecting most in this world. The physical characteristics of addiction would trembling‚ sweating‚ loss of appetite‚ and seizures. Psychological characteristics are harder
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In term of treatment strategies‚ we should use the personal empowerment and proper support system to change the addictive behavior. First of all is practicing the opposite. This strategy is to change addicts’ surfing habits like change their on-line time or place. The second is the external stoppers. It’s to make some things for the patient to do or set a timer to remind them so that could help them log off. The third is setting goals. Setting some rational targets to control addicts’ unquenchable
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Drugs Addiction Miami Beach Senior High Ashley Gonzalez Ms. Cooper/Mr.Sussman English II-Period Three 06 March 2013 Drugs Addiction Topic and Thesis Statement Miami Beach Senior High Topic: Drugs Thesis Statement: In an examination of drugs I will discuss causes of this disease/or social dilemma. I will also discuss the effect of drugs on individuals‚ families and society.
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The moral model states that addictions are the result of human weakness‚ and are defects of a persons character. People who don’t agree with the moral model ‚ often have scant sympathy for people with serious addictions. They believe either that a person with greater moral strength could have the will to break an addiction‚ or that the addict showed a great moral failure in the first place by starting the addiction. The moral model is applied to dependency on illegal substances‚ perhaps purely
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historical essence of addiction counseling. Counselor‚ 5(3)‚ 43-48. The Historical Essence of Addiction Counseling William L. White‚ MA What distinguishes the profession of addiction counseling from the array of helping roles that have preceded and have followed it? What would be lost if the specialized knowledge and functions performed by the addiction counselor disappeared? This essay will explore these questions by attempting to define the historical essence of addiction counseling. The distinctiveness
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Running head: JUNGIAN Jungian’s Interpretation of June’s Dream Lynn Rainey Missouri Baptist University Abstract The treatment plan for June using the Jungian Theory based on dream interpretation and assessing two of the important relationships in June’s life: June and her daughter and June and her mother. Using the Jungian Theory can help bring June’s unconscious thoughts into consciousness and can help her achieve individuation and come to terms with the underlying cause of her dreams
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Addiction as a Social Problem SOC 210 Although Addiction to drugs and alcohol can be viewed as a biological and psychological problem‚ it has many sociological implications that suggest it may be caused by cultural structures and society as a whole. Addiction plagues millions of Americans in today’s world. By definition it is the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences‚ or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors (Lindesmith
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Assignment on Drug Addiction in Bangladesh [pic] Submitted To Dr. Ariful Bari Chowdhury‚ MBBS‚ MPH (Aus) Lecturer‚ Department of Public Health North South University Submitted by NAME ID Imran Ahmed 1020102030 Shuvo Ahsan Khan 1020085030 Mohammad Sazzadur Rahman 1020104030 Mahmudul Hasan 1020019030
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