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    Substance related disorders Definitions and terms Use This is when a person drinks alcohol or swallows smoke‚ sniffs or injects a mind altering substance. Abuse This is when a person is using alcohol or drugs for the purpose of intoxication or in the case of prescription for purpose beyond their intended use. Dependence It is the continuing use of alcohol or drugs despite adverse consequences to ones physical‚ social and psychological wellbeing Addiction

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    An individual may substance abuse due to the culture in which they are exposed. What it meant by this is the culture of poverty that cause one too substance abuse‚ with correlations of socioeconomic depression. In correlation with individuals and or groups that take advantage of people that are in the essential need of resources such as monetary needs. I have found that when people are destitute they will do anything to survive. Sadly‚ this is how individuals get mixed up with trafficking drugs.

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    1. What social conditions seem to contribute most often to alcohol and substance abuse? What psychological conflicts and anxieties seem most conducive to substance abuse? The social conditions that contributed most often to alcohol and substance abuse was where there were higher anxiety levels. Places such as highly urbanized communities. Societies such as the one’s that pressure children with responsibilities and not indulgent towards kids suffered from drinking problems. Also‚ societies that offered

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    Introduction The Meridian Sid Martin Bridge House is a mixed gender‚ in-patient residential substance abuse treatment program. The program accommodates twelve women and twenty- four men; the numbers indicate‚ the program is dominated by males. By observance‚ mixed gender programs can cause significant distractions in the recovery process. Within a couple weeks of treatment‚ many clients develop intimate relationships with other clients. It has been reported‚ that many clients who develop a relationship

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    For this assignment I propose to look at the causes‚ effects and treatment of Addictive Behaviours primarily focusing on substance abuse i.e. drugs. The main body of my research shall derive from a UK study on addictive behaviours defining attentional bias for substance-related stimuli‚ the effects of attentional bias manipulation on craving and substance use and the treatments available. I shall also support my investigations through theoretical synthesis and conclude with the importance of understanding

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    gets shorter and shorter until you die of suffocation. What would be your last thoughts? It all began with Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. He wanted to get rid of all the Jewish people‚ handicaps‚ elderly‚ homosexuals‚ and young children; known as “The Final Solution.” The Nazi’s established ghetto’s in Poland after “The Night of the Broken Glass‚” which was when the Nazis ruined Jewish businesses. After moving the Jews and others into concentration camps‚ they were either killed instantly(in many ways)or

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    Impact of Parental Substance Abuse Upon Children Leighsa Machus California State University‚ Bakersfield‚ Antelope Valley Abstract Children of substance abusers face tremendous disadvantages. They are exposed and vulnerable to situations that may affect their psychological development in damaging ways (Wolfe‚ 1999). These children are also at risk for a myriad of abuse such as physical‚ emotional‚ sexual abuse and neglect. Research has documented the ways that substance abusing parents

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    Children‚ Adolescents‚ Substance Abuse‚ and the Media American Military University Children‚ Adolescents‚ Substance Abuse‚ and the Media According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)‚ the media plays the largest role of influence on substance use among children and adolescents in the United States. Movies‚ television commercials and shows‚ music‚ internet‚ advertisements‚ books‚ social networking sites‚ video games‚ and even cellular

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    economy‚ increase tax revenue‚ and reduce the lawlessness” to help America restore prosperity after the Great Depression (Levine‚ and Reinarman‚ 1991). This ties into the poem because it demonstrates that the reason for the father to be under substance abuse may have been due to his state of unemployment‚ which came to symbolize‚ “the failure of managerial work‚ and suburban family.” The concept of alcoholism derives from its ability‚ “to affect the quality of family life‚ negatively impacting the

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    28 weeks pregnant; the baby is currently in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Jane is currently unemployed and homeless; her mother has temporary custody of her children. Jane is currently involved with Department of Children and Families or Children’s Protective Services. Jane is addicted to cocaine and alcohol; as a result‚ she voluntarily admitted herself to the Meridian Behavioral Healthcare‚ Crisis Stabilization Unit‚ where Jane spent several days before transferring to the Bridge House.

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