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    Computer Addiction

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    Effect of computer addiction Computer addiction‚ our world is surrounded by technology and we use technology to almost everything‚ our world has gotten so used to tehcnology around us we cannot imagine a life with it‚ though it can come handy it still has its negative effects. Computer addiction is common nowadays beacuse we cant imagine living a life without technology‚ we use computers for almost everything.Parants usually buy their kids computer to study but teenagers often find a

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    Tia Gardner September 21‚ 2012 Humanistic Perspective and Addiction There are several theories of addiction. All of them are imperfect. All are partial explanations. It is for this reason that it is important to be aware of and question addiction theories. One contemporary psychoanalytical view of substance abuse is that it is a defense against anxiety (Thombs D 2006). Addicts often abuse alcohol and other substances to guard against anxiety and other painful

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    Internet Addiction

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    Chapter 6: Analyzing the writer’s technique 1. State the author’s thesis in your own words. Then‚ using the guidelines on pages 126-27‚ evaluate the effectiveness of the thesis. Answer: In the article‚ “Internet Addiction”‚ Greg Beato’s main purpose or main idea is about how Internet affects people’s lives because of being addicted on the Internet. The author states that people that are addicted on the Internet turns out to be out of their minds and having some kind of disorder. He explains and

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    Internet Addiction Prepared for Dr. Jere Mitchum By Marwan November 4 ‚ 1996 TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...............................................iv ABSTRACT.............................................................v INTRODUCTION ........................................................1 Purpose .............................................................1 Growth Of The Internet ..............................................1 THE ADDICTION ........

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    Reyes Intro: You have to admit that there was at least one time that you went shopping and you got carried away. You went to the store for a few things but came home thinking about how much you just overspent on unnecessary items. Background information of Elizabeth Deiter: Well in this article Elizabeth Deiter from Pennsylvania is a compulsive shopper and is definitely not in denial about it. Elizabeth and her husband just recently caught up on their rent‚ in just four to five months she has

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    Internet Addiction

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    the average World ofWarcraftiunkie undoubtedly represents a much less destructive social force than the average meth head. But it’s not extreme anecdotes that make the specter of Internet addiction so threatening; it’s the fact that Internet overuse has the potential to scale in a way that few other addictions do. Even if Steve designed a really cool - looking syringe and started distributing free heroin on street corners‚ not everyone would try it. But who among us doesn’t already check his email

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    Computer Addiction

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    Computer Addiction as a Gendered Phenomenon In the late 1990s‚ a barrage of media reports declared that women were becoming uncontrollably addicted to the Internet and some were neglecting—or even leaving--their husbands and children as a result of their online obsession. Headlines described the strange phenomenon: Internet Blamed for Neglect: Police Say Mother Addicted to Web(Bricking‚ 1997)‚ ‘Net-addicted Mother Loses Custody of Her Children (1997)‚ Mom Web Addict Allegedly Neglected Kids (1997)

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    Opioid Addiction

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    Opioid abuse and Addiction is a terrible epidemic that is sweeping the nation like an air-born disease. People as young as teenagers who are still in high school are included in this epidemic. Opioids are drugs that slow down the actions of the body‚ such as breathing and heartbeat. Opioid addiction is a chronic disease‚ like heart disease or diabetes. A chronic disease is a medical condition for life and most cannot walk away from. Opioids also affect the brain to increase pleasant feelings. Doctors

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    Opiate Addiction

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    Opiate Abuse/Addiction Specific Purpose: After hearing my speech the audience will know about opiate abuse and its addiction. Central Idea (Thesis): Opiate‚ and its abuse and addiction. Introduction 1. Attention Getter: Addiction is prevalent in America‚ and one of the biggest culprits of addiction is opiates. Opiates often come in the form of prescription pain medications‚ and normally contain Hydrocodone or Oxycodone such as Vicodin or Percocet. The International Center for Advancement

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    Models of Addiction

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    Models of Addiction SUBS 505 Models of Addiction The three models of addiction examined in this week’s readings include the medical model‚ the psychosocial model‚ and the disease of the human spirit model. The medical model “rests on the assumption that disease states are the result of a biological dysfunction‚ possibly one on the cellular or even molecular level” (Doweiko‚ 2012‚ p. 333). Many consider this model and “maintain that much of human behavior is based on the interaction between the

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