changed an event in their life‚ myself being no exception. It almost has a weight upon me‚ after years‚ the one biggest regret in my life. The day my mother died. Her and I never had the best of relationships‚ she struggled with mental issues and drug abuse‚ and was never around me‚ which created a certain disconnection between the two of us. It almost seemed like a portion of my visits always ended in some form of argument. Even at a younger age I almost felt like the parent in some situations she and
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Life Skills in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment School of Advanced Studies‚ University of Phoenix Wesley Tyler Meredith Ward Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Recidivism relates to a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior‚ or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior (Henslin‚ 2008). Progress being made in families and individuals due to lack of life skills that lead to causal factors
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Substance abuse Eunice Armstrong Psy 270 Axia College University of Phoenix The sociocultural theory states that people use substance abuse because of stress and the environmental factors due to the fact that socioeconomics and unemployment are evident. Thus‚ they use drugs as a means to relief themselves from stress. In addition‚ the
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If substance abuse has become a way of life for you‚ and is costing you your relationships‚ financial stability‚ career‚ and everything else which really matters to you‚ you only hope of reasserting control over your life may be to admit yourself to one of the thousands of drug addiction centers for treatment. The Financial Question If you have already rejected the idea that drug addiction centers are the answer for you because the cost of their treatment puts them beyond your financial reach‚
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Gangs in the United States are becoming more violent and deadly than ever. Thousand of people are dying each year from these ill-mannered thugs. In today’s societies gang activity is an everyday occurrence whether it includes violence‚ drugs‚ death or any illegal activity in which they participate. The research that I have conducted will focus on how the selling of drugs by gangs members can lead to violence/death and how turf wars between rival gang can also lead to death. In recent years
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Substance abuse is an enormous social problem in South Africa‚ as elsewhere. But in South Africa in particular‚ drugs and alcohol are devastating society‚ aggravating poverty and crime‚ and subsidising to child abuse and gender violence. This essay will discuss this issue of substance abuse by the South African adolescence. It will also scrutinize the concept of resilience in light of a South African youth at risk; the essay will also discuss Erikson’s theory of development and attempt to apply it
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Motivational workplaces Motivational workplaces One of the key aspects to good management for any organization is workplace motivation. It may sound like a complex concept but unless it is understood and effectively managed‚ organizations cannot succeed. A managers’ job is to get things done through his employees and to get things done he must possess the ability to motivate them. Many managers and employers are not aware of the fact that the level of motivation of their employees may have
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Motivational Strategies and Productivity Cynthia Henry PSY 320 June 4‚ 2012 Sandra Branton‚ EdD Motivational Strategies and Productivity Introduction Recent research by Gallup and Harris Interactive polling shows that ninety percent of managers are either disengaged or distracted from key priorities and only ten percent are focused on what matters most to their organizations. More discouraging are the findings regarding employees. Poll results showed that only twenty nine percent of all
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Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy
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Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ Sex/Gender/Sexual and Personality Disorders Lori Cooper Psy410 September 26‚ 2011 Annette Edwards Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ Sex/Gender/Sexual and Personality Disorders The disorders being described within this paper all have their own classifications and are quite known in modern society. Some are more popular than others‚ while some are not talked about much. As with any disorder‚ there can be serious consequences and help should be called upon immediately if the
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