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    Substance Abuse Assessment

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    Assessment #1 Case Study Substance Abuse Assessment/Case History Format Client Name: Susan Boyle (Suzie) Date of 1st Contact: 1-31-13 Social Worker: Date Completed: 2-28 -13 Dimension 1: Client description‚ presenting problem‚ and context of referral. A. Brief description of client: Suzie presents herself as a 45-year-old Caucasian unmarried female with short hair and was wearing male-typical professional attire and glasses. She came across apathetic‚ chewing bubble gum and

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    JAINA VIEW OF SUBSTANCE According to the Jaina’s substance is defined as the substratum of qualities and modes. It is divided into two broad categories namely astikaya (extended) and anastikaya (non-extended). Time or Kal is the anastikaya dravya. The astikaya dravyas are subdivided into two namely- jiva and ajiva. There are again four ajivas namely- dharma‚ adharma‚ akash and pudgala. Together they are called the pancastikaya. Consciousness is the essence or the essential characteristics of

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    Aesthetics is the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty. This philosophy is very well explained in Virginia Postrel¡¯s essay‚ ¡°Surface and Substance¡±. In the essay‚ Postrel challenges the separation of surface and substance with examples of acts of consumptions‚ which she describes as an engagement with beauty. There are many reasons that drive people towards consumptions. It is important to be socially accepted‚ even if it requires changing the way one looks. Some

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    The theme of these readings was human sexuality‚ including intersexuals and transgenders. In Dueling Dualisms‚ Anne Fausto-Sterling talks about human sexuality and sexual difference and how choosing which criteria to use in determining sex are social decisions for which scientists can offer no absolute guidelines. Throughout the text she explains how biology and other human sciences became to optimize and standardize the human’s function and how two kinds of processes‚ nature and nurture‚ can help

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    Substance Abuse Notes

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    Substance Abuse Notes Week 2 (First lecture) – 9/10 * Substance use vs. abuse * Use * The legal enjoyment of your property within socially acceptable norms * i.e. you don’t drive under the influence – that’s not socially acceptable * Consumption of any psychoactive substance * More neutral * Includes * Social drinking * 1-2 drinks on any one social occasion * Abuse * Any use of illegal

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    the elderly. Mandated reporters are required to make a report right away either orally‚ in person‚ or by email‚ and they must follow through with a written report in 72 hours. I live in the state of Arizona‚ and in this state counselors‚ including substance abuse counselors are just one out of the many mandated professions that have the right and are required to

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    SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS Nosology: We have two large categories : 1- substance dependence and substance abuse 2- substance induced mental disorders we will deal with the descriptions of the clinical phenomena associated with the use of 11 designated classes of pharmacological agents: alcohol‚ amphetamines or similarly acting agents; caffeine; cannabis; cocaine; hallucinogens; inhalants; nicotine; opioids; phencyclidine (PCP) or similar agents; and sedatives‚ hypnotics‚ and anxiolytics

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    Position Paper

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    Committee: Security Council Country: Democratic India Delegate: Rishi Birudu‚ Meridian school Topic: situation in Syria The Syrian Arab Republic is currently in a state of civil war with its multi-religious and multi-ethnic society. For a year and a half since the “Arab Spring”‚ the rebel movement has protested the restrictions on their rights and the lack of government transparency‚ while the oppressive Syrian government‚ led by Bashar al-Assad‚ is fraught with corruption and attempts to stifle

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    Women In India This world has always been a man dominated world. Man has treated women not as an equal partner in life but as a mere slave. Women is for him the weaker vessel. He has given her many beautiful names. A man calls his wife better-half. Women are known as the fair sex. We call them “Devis”. But all these are mere sugar coated words. He Perpetrates all kinds of atrocities on her. He abuses her physically‚ morally‚ sexually‚ economically and also politically. He uses her merely

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    Abstract This experiment was conducted to observe the behaviour of a primate‚ to see the innate and learnt behaviour that the white cheeked gibbon showed. To complete this experiment all that had to be done was to observe a primate that lived in a group for half an hour‚ and record the behaviour of the animal every 30 seconds. This should be completed twice to get more accurate results and to see if the animal has different behaviours in the morning and in the afternoon. It was shown that in the

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