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    Substance Abuse I agree with the behavioral/cognitive theory‚ the biological theory‚ and the sociocultural theory. These three viewpoints share certain elements that are all important. The sociocultural theory states that substance abuse is a result from stress as well as environmental factors. When there is low socioeconomics and unemployment is high‚ drugs may used to relieve stress. The behavioral/cognitive viewpoint sees the situation as contributing to the use of substances. This viewpoint

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    Role of Social Workers and Substance Abuse Abstract Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients. “Clients” is used inclusively to refer to individuals‚ families‚ groups‚ organizations‚ and communities. Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination‚ oppression‚ poverty‚ and other forms of social injustice. These activities may be in the form of direct practice‚ community organizing‚ supervision‚ consultation

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    Averting Alcohol and Drug Abuse through Aversion Laverne Lobley PSY331: Psychology of Learning Instructor: Anna Ruggirello July‚ 17‚ 2013 There are many facets to learned behavior‚ with a major aspect being the methodical processes of learning. There are many theories about learning‚ and many of them have been scientifically proven by using experimental studies. One such study has shaped and paved a path that many have duplicated and modeled experiments and studies from. Today‚ this study

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    Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Personality Disorders PSY 410 December 18‚ 2011 Eric Niler‚ Ph.D. Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Personality Disorders Eating‚ substance abuse‚ and personality disorders have one thing in common. They are all impairments to an individual who prevents him or her from functioning normally within society. An individual who is suffering from either condition has biological‚ environmental‚ or early childhood as the contributor to his or her illness

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    On a scale of 1-10 of rude interruptions‚ I’d say getting punched in the face was an 11. I had missed the end of my friend Kyle’s theory about how our history teacher is definitely going to grade our DBQ harder this time‚ because an upperclassmen just had to get his friend to notice him. Unbeknownst to me‚ a small shoulder-level freshman‚ an unspoken rule of high school is that the only surefire way of getting someone to notice you in a crowded hallway is to hit them on the shoulder. Of course‚ my

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    Prevalence and Interventions in Juvenile Substance Abuse Prevalence and Interventions in Juvenile Substance Abuse Why is substance abuse on the rise? According to Markowitz‚ Francis‚ and Gonzales-Nolas‚ “Substance abuse is a common and serious problem in the United States.” Substance abuse is a serious problem in society today. There are many factors on why Juveniles carry out this act. Before committing these juvenile acts‚ these children grow up in a home that is not suitable for

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    Substance abuse The 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) combines substance abuse and substance dependence to mean the same thing (American Psychiatric association‚ 2013). Substance abuse refers to the habitual non-medical substance seeking‚ and the substance taking behavior which is suppression or resistance through its pharmacological consequences. Substance abuse may therefore include the use of alcohol‚ abuse of cigarettes‚ food‚ sniffing of solvents or

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    Suicide Related to Substance Abuse TEEN SUICIDE RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE The greatest health threats for today’s teens are behavioral rather than medical. Many‚ though not all‚ teens engage in behaviors that might be considered threatening to their health and well-being; furthermore‚ adolescents partake in risky and dangerous behaviors including drug and alcohol use and abuse at increasingly younger ages (Adger & DeAngelia‚ 2004). Linked to teen substance abuse is the most deviant

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    New Deviancy notes for Assignment! New deviancy theory emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s. It was primarily a radical response to positivist domination of criminology (that crime is the result of individual‚ physical‚ and social conditions). The new deviancy theorists believed in free will and creativity. According to this theory‚ crime is that behaviour which violates the interests of the powerful. The definition of crime or deviance depends upon two activities: one‚ an act of an individual

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    The other day I woke ever so confused. I did not see anything confusing. I was simply just confused as to what had happened yesterday. I got up out of bed and stumbled to the kitchen. I was walking around and go myself a bowl a bowl of cereal. As I sat down at the counter‚ I began to think about what had happened yesterday. Once I had finished my cereal‚ I walked to the sink and set the bowl in there. I than looked out the window and everything started to come back to me. I seen a electric scooter

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