Alcoholism: Supported by Empirical Research Ellie Smith Vanderbilt University Abstract Globally‚ alcohol abuse disorders have become a problem for seventy-six million people (Orford‚ Natera‚ Copello‚ Atkinson‚ 2005). Addiction is a disease‚ not merely a social disorder. The disease not only affects the inflicted individuals‚ but can also be detrimental to family members and the greater community. Causes of addiction can be grouped into three categories: psychological traits
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Carmina Burana was an instantaneous success at its first performance at Frankfurt am Main n 1937 and for the fifty years since it has never faltered in its standing as one of the most universally popular works produced by a 20th century contemporary composer. Carl Orff (1895-1982) was born into an old Bavarian military family and a devout active Roman Catholic. He found himself lionised overnight at the age of 42 after years as a teacher of music. Although he was to consolidate his reputation with
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Kory Tafel March 3‚ 2005 Essay 5 License to Kill Imagine being in a bar with a few of your good friends. Everyone is drinking and having a good time. You are going to leave and go home‚ but you friends won’t let you because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead they call a cab to give you a ride home. You would be extremely lucky to have such smart friends. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today‚ but it is becoming socially unacceptable causing
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A Biography of Marty Mann Marty Mann‚ Image from Barefoots World Marty Mann was born on October 15‚ 1904 in Chicago‚ Illinois. She was born into a life of prosperity and opportunity. She went to the best private schools. She was blessed with attractiveness‚ intelligence‚ a prevailing motivation and drive‚ phenomenal liveliness‚ and astonishing charisma. She also was able to travel extensively
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various treatment options that are available. Afterwards I will be reviewing two separate case studies‚ the first will be of a 33 year old man has been through a variety of inpatient treatment facilities for his alcoholism‚ and after a brief time of sobriety‚ continues to relapse to daily abuse of alcohol. The second I will review is an anxiety case. I will examine each from the perspective of a bio psychologist by defining the patient’s diagnosis and relating the cases
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in the 12-step program due to its ineffectiveness and inability to motivate clients to commit to sobriety. Godley writes in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment that other alcoholism treatment approaches such as the Community-Reinforcement Approach (CRA) provides alternatives to the more traditional treatment and intervention approaches such as the 12-step program by positively reinforcing sobriety unlike the 12 steps fail to do. CRA produced an overall patient engagement of 67%‚ whereas the 12-step
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Literary Genres in the Philippine Era Pre-Colonial Times Legends- talks about the origin of a thing‚ place‚ location‚ or name. Folk tales- stories about life‚ adventure‚ love‚ horror and humor when one can derive lessons about life. Epics- long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events‚ usually of a hero‚ are dealt with at length. Folk Songs- are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period. Epigrams (Salawikain in Tagalog)-
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There are many different views towards the topic of whether or not ones driver’s license should be permanently revoked for their first alcohol-related offense. My personal viewpoint towards this controversial and ongoing debate in our society is that a person should have more than one chance with regards to these offences. People under the age of twenty one who are involved in alcohol-related offences are not properly educated to the effects this substance has on the mind and body. Also‚ first time
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is on President Obama’s phrase‚ “Yes we can” and explains how the term gets diminished to “Yes we did” and finally to “Yes we may” to (611). He stresses the power those few words affected the crowd by stating it was “extraordinarily moving in its sobriety” (Wood 611). Furthermore‚ He also
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Take a Stand Essay Misty Ford Grand Canyon University University Success UNV-303-PEO101 Ruben Garcia January 12‚ 2014 Take a Stand Essay Energy drinks have become very popular amongst today’s youth. America’s youth has easy access to these dangerous drinks and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at this time does not regulate the amount of caffeine that is allowed into these beverages (Cool‚ 2011). These drinks contain high levels of caffeine and other herbs that have ill effects on
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