Drug abuse‚ also called substance abuse or chemical abuse‚ is a disorder that is characterized by a destructive pattern of using a substance that leads to significant problems or distress. It affects more than 7% of people at some point in their lives. Teens are increasingly engaging in prescription drug abuse‚ particularly narcotics (which are prescribed to relieve severe pain)‚ and stimulant medications‚ which treat conditions like attention deficit disorder. What is drug addiction? Drug
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we will talk about helping women recover from substance use disorders‚ beyond trauma in which they will be facing before and after incarceration. Women go through more things than men in a correctional setting. They are faced with problems from the outside as well as problem on the inside. They must find a ways of dealing with their substance use disorders in order to survive both worlds. According to (NREPP‚ 2010) A Program for Treating Substance Abuse and Beyond Trauma: This is a time for the women
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my Master of Social Work Degree from Washington University in 2002. I have my CADAC II certification which allows me to counsel substance abusers. I am an advocate for women of domestic violence and women that are substance abusers. I worked for Sacramento Job Corp as a TEEP Coordinator. In that position my responsibilities revolved around teens and young adults’ substance abuser. Currently‚ I work at St. John Shelter for Women‚ there my role is a little more refined. I am a intake coordinator. As
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drug abuse brochure p. 4 before and after effects of s/a p. 5 alcohol recovery story p. 6 drug and alcohol related worksheets p. 7 Health and Social Issues: Drug and Alcohol Awareness Discussion Questions: 1. What happens if a person uses a substance when they do not really need to? Why would they want to? 2. How does peer pressure become involved with your decision to abuse substances? What would you do if you were peer pressured into taking a substance that
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the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders. I just recently got certified as a Substance Abuse Counselor‚ so my focus will be on changes on the criteria for substance use and abuse. In the new DSM-5‚ the revised chapter of “Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders” includes substantive changes to the disorders grouped there plus changes to the criteria of certain conditions. Substance use disorder in DSM-5 combines the DSM-IV categories of
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not-for- profit agency offered a residential treatment program for individuals seeking treatment for substance abuse. This assignment will identify the resource service delivery area and discuss the population served. In addition‚ this assignment will discuss the services provided‚ eligibility requirements‚ and the referral process‚ including the thoughts in referring a client to the Village Substance Abuse Program. Resource Delivery Area The Village operates in different cities in the state of Florida
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University of Phoenix/ HCA 250 The subject I choose for my Fianl paper was: Substance Abuse. The reason I choose this subject was because I have had a lot of experience with it. Substance Abuse is a very serious addiction that can happen to anyone. An addiction is any continued involvement with a substance or activity despite its ongoing negative consequences. It is also known as an addictive behavior that initially provides a sense of
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Child Abuse Child abuse is any form of maltreatment to a child or children and could either be physical‚ emotional‚ or sexual. It can also be described as an act or failure to act by a parent or caretaker which results to harm of the child. There are four major forms of child abuse‚ Physical‚ abuse which is the infliction of serious injuries or actions that may lead to infliction of injuries or death. Sexual abuse is a situation where an adult engages
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Child Abuse Terry Hall Jr. Kaplan University CJ-102-02 Child Abuse In today’s time we as parents are not sure what we can and cannot do to our own children punishment wise. There are so many new laws that arise when it comes to abuse that it is getting harder and harder to discipline your children without the fear of child abuse. Child abuse cab ad does take on many forms such as domestic violence‚ drugs and alcohol abuse and of course abuse of the child. Most children who are being abused
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Substance abuse and dependency persist as a major health and social concern in America. Author Joseph A. Califano‚ a former secretary of Health‚ Education‚ and Welfare notes‚ “it is hard to find an American family or circle of friends that substance abuse has not touched directly (Califano‚ J. A.‚ p. 1‚ 2008).” Califano further explains that although Americans are 4 percent of the world’s population‚ Americans consume 65 percent of the world’s illegal drugs. Furthermore‚ one in four Americans will
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