Comp II 14 June 2011 Alcoholism a Disease Alcoholism is an extremely dangerous disease that has a way of manipulating anyone who allows it to consume them by turning their life around like a merry-go-round‚ resulting in problems within their home‚ school‚ work‚ and social relationships. Alcoholism has no prejudice it affects millions of Americans every day. Alcoholism is a chronic‚ often progressive disease in which a person craves alcohol and drinks despite repeated alcohol related problems. About
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(1996) employing the DSM-III-R and Freeman et al. (2002) using the DSM-IV)‚ using DSM-5 will gives us the best understanding of how useful the two theories are as explanations of Schizophrenia; as if they are valid they will still be applicable. In order to be diagnosed with Schizophrenia‚ an individual must present with two or more active symptoms from Criteria A‚ for a significant portion of time across a one-month period‚ while this criterion
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Global Criteria Within the 12 core functions of substance abuse counseling‚ there are what is called global criteria for each function‚ which are the necessary skills a counselor needs to carry out each core function properly (Herdman‚ 2008). This essay focuses on four of the 12 core functions‚ including case management‚ crisis intervention‚ counseling‚ and treatment planning. Case management is the activities which bring services‚ agencies‚ resources‚ or people together within a planned framework
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Freedom and dependence “Of course‚ neither total freedom nor total dependence are to be found anywhere in society. Both are imaginary poles between which real situations are plotted - and oscillate.” (Bauman 1993‚ 30) We believe we live in a ‘free’ society‚ where individualism is valued and dependency is avoided. Bauman attempts to examine exactly how ‘free’ we are as a society. Firstly Bauman believes there is no concept of freedom without there being dependency. Unless there are a group of
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Identification of the issue. Alcoholism is a chronic‚ progressive and potentially fatal disorder which leads to physical and psychological harm‚ and impaired social and vocational functioning. It is characterized by tolerance‚ physical dependence and/or pathological organ changes‚ all of which are the direct/indirect consequence of the alcohol ingested (Light 5). Alcoholism‚ also known as "alcohol dependence‚" can be recognized by four obvious symptoms. The four symptoms of alcoholism are loss of control
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In my opinion‚ the most pressing ethical concern in using the DSM-5 as a diagnostic tool is relying too heavily on the results given and not really listening to the patient. This could lead the therapist to a diagnosis that is not based on what the patient is actually suffering from by not looking at the whole picture. Before a clinician can help someone‚ they must know what they are suffering from. They must also be careful not to place a label on someone that can lead to them being stigmatized
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substance abuse use‚ mental and physical health and family background. Jan answered all the questions to the best of her ability and the Qualified Professional completed the screening process. After the screening process she instructed Jan that the next step would be to forward the screening to the Psychiatrist on staff and set up an appointment for her to get a Diagnostic Assessment‚ which is an assessment that tells persons cognitive level of functioning. The result of the Diagnostic Assessment
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Long Term Alcohol Abuse Affects the Brain One in every thirteen adults suffer from alcoholism today in the United States alone (Connery 1). This is just one of many devastating truths about alcoholism. Available information on alcohol is abundant and includes not only statistics‚ but the differences between an alcoholic’s brain and a healthy adult’s brain‚ the negative affects alcohol has on the brain‚ and how to prevent those effects. Many people do not understand what‚ exactly‚ alcohol is. ORACLE
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Teenage Alcoholism By Austin J. Russell December 14‚ 2011 Teenage drinking. What is it about drinking that teenagers find so attractive? Social influences? Confidence? Respect from others? The focus of this article is on why the highest percentage of alcohol drinkers is young people and teenagers like me and the reasons behind that percentage. Statistics show that the highest percentage of alcoholics‚ at least in the United States lies in the younger population. This figure is 31.5% (www
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Smoking kills? (Should Smoking be banned in Public Places?) Looking at the health hazards‚ including lung cancer‚ impotency‚ asthma and heart disease‚ which smoking can cause‚ banning it in public places is long time due. However‚ this is just one of the viewpoints. Most smokers and many restaurant owners will sing an altogether different tune with regards to banning smoking in public places. So‚ let’s get to the bottom of this debate by looking at its pros and cons. Arguments for... Let’s
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