The Disease of Drug Addiction Joanne Frye HSER 340 Abstract Addiction is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive seeking and use of addictive substances despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her. Introduction Dramatic advances in science over the past 20 years have shown that drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disease that results from the prolonged effects of drugs on the brain. (Leshner‚ 1997) It is considered a
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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 feelings like shame‚ guilt‚ loneliness and depression. Psychological problems including substance abuse disorders are viewed as a result of inhibited ability to make authentic‚ meaningful‚ and self directed choices about
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Abuse or Discipline Abuse: (n) a·buse (uh-byoos) 1. To hurt or injure by maltreatment‚ ill use. Some parents try to say that the abuse that their child is enduring is to teach him/her a lesson. There is a very big difference between physical abuse and discipline for your child‚ and‚ as Bell hooks states in her essay‚ “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons”‚ love cannot coexist with abuse. I agree with her in saying‚ parents should discipline their children without physically abusing them. There are
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other drugs (ATOD) in Benton County. The Coalition comes together with the common goal of reducing the incidence‚ prevalence‚ costs and consequences of ATOD use and abuse. Success of meeting these goals will improve the quality of life for individuals‚ families and the Benton County community as a whole. Millions of Americans have substance use disorders. Millions more people live in households with people who have had problems with alcohol or other drugs has had an impact on them at some point in
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with Teen Substance Abusers in Counseling Abstract This paper serves as a tool for discussion and is divided into four parts: to begin with‚ a brief description of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy approach is provided. Then provided is a description of the history and development of this therapeutic approach including common developmental and environmental factors. Next an overview of the prevalence of teen substance abuse and the possible cause’s teens chose to abuse illicit drugs and
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Drug abuse has always been a very delicate question as it always it deals with the health‚ well-being and even lives of human beings belonging to any country. The position of the United States of America towards drugs has always been very clear and distinctively negative. Throughout the history of the country there were numerous cases against drug dealers‚ buyers and many more. These cases did always catch the attention of civil people who by showing interest in such cases revealed their worries
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of experiencing its psychoactive properties ( to get high) 3.Difference between Primary Secondary Tertiary prevention ***Family Systems in Primary and Secondary Prevention*** * Family influences form the cornerstone of successful substance abuse prevention program. * Family is first line of defense. * Those who need information the most: * Parents who are in denial * Those out of control themselves * Those who are absent - 4.What illicit drug is the number
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disease‚ addiction‚ may receive treatment and enter recovery. The disease model focuses its efforts on biological and environmental components as presented by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (2000)‚ which allows for better research and understanding of how to counter the social and biological addiction to a substance. The disease model also provides empowerment for those with addictions‚ by placing the
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Jerry Tibbs Liberty University Online Abstract Addiction is a serious problem in the world today and marijuana addiction is one of those problems that many people nationwide face in their daily lives. Part of the problem lies in whether those substance users actually believe addiction is possible with marijuana. What can be seen though‚ by the average person‚ is that marijuana can be addictive and cause addictive behavior in users. These addictive behaviors have negative effects on the person and
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explanations of addiction also exist. ((Harrison and Fisher‚ pg. 40) To me this means that there are a lot of factors that people deal with and some of the end results for certain people is substance addiction. Fisher Gary‚ Harrison Thomas. "Substance Abuse." Fisher Gary‚ Harrison Thomas. Substance Abuse. 5th. Pearson‚
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