The field of substance abuse counseling is growing exponentially. With the opioid epidemic booming and synthetic drugs flooding the market‚ there is a dire need for counselors with education‚ training‚ and strong work ethics. But that is not why I am choosing to become a Substance Abuse Counselor‚ there is a little more to it. They say those that have lived it are the ones who can help others during their struggles. I am 45 years old‚ a mother to 3 beautiful children‚ one with special needs. I am
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The Learning Materials Found in the Library Last Saturday though the library is only open till 3pm‚ I manage to revisit the National Library with a special friend‚ even though I am very much familiar with the materials that this library use and have‚ I still push to go there to make a list of these things. As I enter the library‚ I notice that we first logged to the log book gave by the library guards‚ and these comes in my first list. I was not able to ask the guard the reason for this‚ but
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Materialist accounts of the mind are often explicit rejections of the substance dualist or Cartesian theory of the mind. I will first present the core argument of substance dualism and lay out a series of phenomenon which substance dualism successfully explains‚ including first person experiences and the problem of qualia. Next‚ I will present how substance dualism’s solutions for these phenomena trump how materialist Gilbert Ryle’s theory of category mistakes attempts to solve them. Finally‚ in
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Substance abuse The 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) combines substance abuse and substance dependence to mean the same thing (American Psychiatric association‚ 2013). Substance abuse refers to the habitual non-medical substance seeking‚ and the substance taking behavior which is suppression or resistance through its pharmacological consequences. Substance abuse may therefore include the use of alcohol‚ abuse of cigarettes‚ food‚ sniffing of solvents or
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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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Substance abuse has been a topic of concern all over the world. But‚ the Western counties are often noted to have major cases of drug abuse among adolescents compared to orthodox societies. Addiction to hallucinogens has range of implications that affect physical‚ psychological‚ sexual and spiritual aspects of an individual. Hallucinogens act on neural points of the brain and create effects that alter perception of individuals. The dominant impacts that are produced involve mood swings‚ cognitive
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Roper Webster University Columbia Metropolitan Campus When taking a look at substance abuse and its treatments‚ there are many theoretical backings and how one may go about doing so. As we take a deeper look‚ we can look at other factors as they may have positive and negative effects of successful and non-successful treatment outcomes. When dealing with individuals that have a substance abuse disorder and living with a HIV positive status‚ treatment may warrant a different approach
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burned. The research question is: “What added material makes paper burn fastest?” My hypothesis was that gasoline would burn up the fastest. The experiment includes soaking toilet paper squares in various materials and burning them to see which burns the best. Research Paper itself burns well‚ that is a common known fact. Gasoline‚ rubbing alcohol‚ and petroleum jelly also are widely known as highly flammable. Gasoline is a petroleum product that is found in many forms. Most forms are mixtures
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2. Psychological Factors and Substance Misuse: How do the ideas of Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning explain why someone might misuse drugs? How can these theories be applied to the treatment of substance misuse? (1500 words) Learning (conditioning) is the process that eventually leads to relative permanent change in behavior or training. Some things are innate - we are born with the knowledge but others must be acquired actively. Thus‚ it is ‘an adaptive process in which the tendency
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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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