Gallant, J. (2016). Alleged sex abuse victim's fight for justice turns into bureaucratic nightmare. Toronto Star. 2 Dec, 2016. Retrieved online: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/12/02/alleged-sex-abuse-victims-fight-for-justice-turns-into-bu Continue Reading...
gathered using a number of key word searches and combinations of terms, such as "adolescent," "substance abuse," "treatment," "drug," "outcome," "drug abuse, "juvenile drug abusers," juvenile drug use," "juvenile drug treatment," "adolescent drug tr Continue Reading...
Ronald F. Levant (n.d.), candidate for position of president of the American Psychological Association, sees the future of professional psychology as one where a shift will take place from its being focused on mental health issues per se, to its bein Continue Reading...
Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa, the man-turned-insect central character in Franz Kafka's the Metamorphosis, leads readers to question: who is truly in need of help? Clearly, Gregor needs help with returning to his human form, but other than that he is e Continue Reading...
I just tend to go down on myself more. I've been very stressed out lately even though stress is not something I generally have a problem with. I don't know what's wrong. W: Well, fear can make one uneasy and act differently from what one is used to Continue Reading...
There is however no cure. There is currently a lot of research dedicated to the development of more effective interventions as well as treatments for ADHD. These include the use of revolutionary tools such as brain scanners. The management and treatm Continue Reading...
The journal article, "Adjustment Disorders," by Dr. Tami D. Benton, Director of Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Dr. Judith a Ifeagwu (2009), Research Assistant and Coordinator, Department of Chil Continue Reading...
All these variables are viewed to have a direct effect on the student as an individual thus are important to consider. School-level variables There are variables that will be considered at school-level and these will be generated from the response Continue Reading...
2007). A teenager who uses drugs or alcohol as escape mechanisms might need to cease their addictive behaviors before symptoms are relieved, because some drugs and alcohol exacerbate pre-existing depression and increase the risk of suicide (Van Voor Continue Reading...
Knowing this, Strenger points out that therapists need to consider "who can work with whom," because the therapeutic outcome may be greatly affected by the "chemistry" between therapist and client. The egalitarian principle in the therapeutic relati Continue Reading...
Because the friend is turning towards alcohol, the Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) might be helpful. Their website is located at http://www.acs-teens.org/.They offer counseling services for young people struggling with addiction problems. In a Continue Reading...
He proposed this technique as the solution to the problem of why some people do better than others in certain tasks, He likewise suggested cataloguing the differences in the size of the functional areas among individuals and correlating these with Continue Reading...
Media and Monopoly In 1983, fifty corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. According to the book The Media Monopoly written by Ben Bagdikian and published in 1992, "in the U.S., fewer than two dozen of these Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Economic Disparities on Crime Rates in Los Angeles: This essay would explore the correlation between economic disparities and the rise in crime rates within Los Angeles. It would look in Continue Reading...
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEWBehavioral Therapy with the Use of Scripture and Prayer: Journal Article ReviewJournal Article 1SummaryThe first article that I elected to focus on is titled, Use of Prayer and Scripture in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, by Siang Continue Reading...
Vision Social workers contribute to a just society by being compassionate and caring individuals that provide the kind of support and assistance that people need in times of need. They work with children, families, and adults to get them help in term Continue Reading...
M.K., a 45-year-old female who has a history of Type II diabetes mellitus and primary hypertension. In addition to this, M.K. is overweight and persists with a poor diet. The patient has also been smoking for the past 22 years, and has recently been Continue Reading...
Karen people of Burma are made up of a number of separate ethnic groups that do not share common culture or language. The majority of the Karen people live in Karen State located in southern and southeastern Myanmar and make up roughly 7% or five mil Continue Reading...
Substance use disorders including alcohol use disorder are defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) by the presence of several time-dependent subjective and behavioral criteria. Diagnostic criteria vary depe Continue Reading...
Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test It is assessed that at least 20 out of a hundred of adults who visit a physician have had an alcohol issue at one time. Also, in a survey of patients self-proclaimed to an inpatient service, 15 to 30 out of a hundr Continue Reading...
Stress Management With Examples People respond differently to stress. The coping mechanisms adopted depends on the severity of the stress one is exposed and traditional methods of responding to stressful events. Stressors have a negative effect on o Continue Reading...
Prescription Drug Abuse The overall point of conversation when speaking of prescription drugs in the public and political sphere has usually focused on cost and/or ease of access among all Americans. The overall points of conversation relating to dr Continue Reading...
country approaches a contemporary human services issue in comparison to your own. Include in your comparison historical, political, social, and economic factors that affect the country's approach. Finally, provide two insights you had and/or conclus Continue Reading...
War on Drugs The concept of the 'War on Drugs' was first coined by President Nixon back in 1971 in an effort to discourage the illegal trafficking of drugs. The primary motivation for this was the way that many states were falling victim to the dyna Continue Reading...
" This is money that should be spent on (a) preventing and healing drug addiction and related issues; (b) more effective, and smarter, law enforcement. Legalizing marijuana would also generate much-needed tax revenues that can be spent on precisely t Continue Reading...
According to Bales, 1999, the concept behind SYMLOG is that "every act of behavior takes place in a larger context, that it is a part of an interactive field of influences." Further, "the approach assumes that one needs to understand the larger cont Continue Reading...
Children need special attention when dealing with traumas they might not fully understand. Thus art therapy has been proven to benefit the increasing number of children dealing with PTSD and other trauma related disorders creating fear and anxiety w Continue Reading...
A while in the past half century the United States has made significant overall progress toward the objective of ensuring equal treatment under the law for all citizens, in the critical area of criminal justice, racial inequality appears to be grow Continue Reading...
Abnormal Psychology: Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) Critical Thinking Paper Expert Paper Significance of the Topic Although anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder have gotten more media attention, Eating Disorde Continue Reading...
Self-Injury Biopsychosocial Approach to Treating Self-Injurious Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing My initial thoughts/feelings on the topics were: (This section contains your general feelings on the topic and NOT what the readings have infor Continue Reading...
Psychiatric Disabilities Description of Facility The inpatient psychiatry program at the University of Michigan Hospital is on the ninth floor of the hospital building. It has 25 newly renovated bed units and offers both private and semi private ro Continue Reading...
Drugs in Federal Corrections Corrections issues One of the issue faced by the criminal justice system is offenders with drug problems. Research has indicated that almost 70% of criminals entering the correctional institutions have injected drugs 12 Continue Reading...
Prison Life and Recidivism Generally, recidivism in the justice system context entails the tendency amongst former prisoners or criminals to go back to their criminal lives mainly upon release from prison. In this case, recidivism rates are measured Continue Reading...
It took them a while to get used to it but eventually, they were able to communicate with softer words and softer tone. According to systems theory (Titelman, 1998), it was my duty to work on both Dave and his family so that their communication pro Continue Reading...
In fact, it is important to understand that the MMPI-2 must be administered as a whole and that one cannot consider scores on any one area of the test in isolation from a subject's other results. Moreover, it is important to recognize that while th Continue Reading...
These conditions include maternal anemia, maternal diabetes, and maternal high blood pressure during pregnancy, which increase the risk of anorexia in the child. After-birth complications in the newborn infant such as heart problems, low response to Continue Reading...
My first interest is to work at a battering intervention and prevention program through a battered women's shelter. This position would allow me to educate the public, by discussing battering in various situations and helping reach target population Continue Reading...
Substance Abuse Inside the Prison Walls: Controlling Illegal Drugs in Prison It is most often within the prison milieu that dependence and an addiction to drugs and other substances takes place. This is attributed to the various stress factors that Continue Reading...
children in the U.S. has a learning disability and nearly 3 million have ADHD. Most of them are between the ages of 5 and 21, males whose mothers have less than 12 years of education, of poor health and socio-economically disadvantaged. One in every Continue Reading...
