S. residents over the age of 12 who have used heroin "at least once in their lifetime." (National Drug Intelligence Center, 2009, p.1) Heroin use among high school students is stated to be of particular concern and specifically reported is that appro Continue Reading...
Lifestyle is Dangerous There are numerous health dangers associated the modern lifestyle, such as environmental agents, drugs, and sexual promiscuity. The history of humankind has been a slow progress from a physically demanding but simpler lifest Continue Reading...
Black Markets and Their Results Introduction to black markets, and why they exist Drug trafficking Its related problems Nuclear weapons The trafficking of nuclear weapons Affect on society and safety Human trafficking Organ trafficking and it Continue Reading...
Labor Relations & Globalization Argue for or against the use of the "school voucher program." Which do you believe is right? Explain your answer. Both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) identi Continue Reading...
The implicit self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness behaviors of teenagers have been found to be important predeterminants of drug use among Asian-American adolescents. The pressure of identity confusion along with intergenerational conflict lead Continue Reading...
Rapoport, chief of child psychiatry at the National Institute for Mental Health, said that there may be children under the age of 7 who have suffered childhood schizophrenia; "they may exist," she stated, "but we haven't seen any." As to the specif Continue Reading...
D., Sayers, and Pearson) In addition to this myriad of theories purporting answers to addictions, the following two approaches are also used. Environmental Approaches to preventing substance abuse, particularly with includes education, but primaril Continue Reading...
Thematic Analysis: This thematic analysis is an examination of interview data that was conducted as part of talking to various people from a range of different backgrounds regarding their experiences. The interviewer was basically trying to analyze Continue Reading...
The user's mouth feels dry, and he or she may suddenly become very hungry and thirsty. His or her hands may tremble and grow cold. The euphoria passes after awhile, and then the user may feel sleepy or depressed. Occasionally, marijuana use produces Continue Reading...
Cultural Differences of Adolescent in the United States The United States, ever since the time when its history began, has been an accumulation of different cultural patterns who took refuge here for independence in expressing the thoughts. Resilien Continue Reading...
Knowledge, and Wisdom Continuum Nursing The selected topic is drug abuse amongst teenagers. The prevalence of drug abuse amongst teenagers has been on the rise over the past decade. The increase is attributed to many factors, but it mostly has to Continue Reading...
Of course, it becomes a very difficult matter to overcome sparse levels of availability when they are encountered (e.g. In the more remote regions of Western Australia). Taken together, the issues suggest that the impact of availability policy on t Continue Reading...
Addiction recovery Theoretical models A brief overview of some prominent theoretical models relating to behavior modification is felt to be a pertinent starting point for his study, as many of these aspects can be compared to the actual interviews Continue Reading...
Domestic Violence Among Hispanics Sociology/Psychology Annotated Bibliography Molina, C.S., Gomez, J.R., & Pastrana, M.C.V. (2009). Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Language Child Depression Inventory with Hispanic Children who are Secon Continue Reading...
Public Hearing -- Heroin Epidemic The hearing attended for this paper was on Tuesday, August 26, from 9:30 A.M. To twelve noon. It was held at the Penn State Schuylkill, which is a campus that is part of Pennsylvania State University in Schuylkill Continue Reading...
Exchange is a program designed to educate and promote health among drug-users. Needle Exchange, and similar programs that provide needles and syringes to drug-users are a harm-reducing motive whose aim is to enable access to sterile needles and syri Continue Reading...
Military Marijuana military has a number of jurisdictional and operational issues associated with what it will do with personnel involved with the use of medical marijuana. Though it claims that there is no ambiguity -- that its Directives (DOD 1010 Continue Reading...
samhsa.gov). Another collaborator with SFPC is the Switchboard of Miami Mission. Switchboard helps connect families and people in need with existing community resources; Switchboard also offers services where there were none in existence. For exampl Continue Reading...
One of those alarming physical changes is that the younger a person is when they begin drinking, even at low levels the more likely they are to become alcoholics. This change even overrides a known genetic predisposition for alcoholism. (Butler, Jul Continue Reading...
Family Systems Theory: Vignette II Discussion of what's going on in this family Claudia and Margaret had suffered violence at a young age and therefore, are prone to commit acts of aggression, with the chances of developing more symptomatology like Continue Reading...
exist between alcoholism as a learned behavior (rather than as a condition arising from any genetic predisposition) and self-esteem. This research is based upon the assumption that there is a direct connection between self-esteem and learned behavio Continue Reading...
REFERENCES Michael Genquk (nd) A Synthesis of Ethnographic Research. University of Southern California, Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research. Lambert, Elizabeth (1990) The Collection and Interpretation of Data from Hidden Populations. Continue Reading...
(2007), there existed no reviews on the efficacy of phenylephrine as a metabolized decongestant. With legal conditions invoking its use thusly as early as 2002, it should be seen as surprising, problematic and irresponsible on the part of drug compa Continue Reading...
One recent study examined victim impact statements and their ability to reduce repeat offenses of drunk driving (Rojek, 1999). The study looked at those who had been arrested and convicted of drunk driving in which an accident occurred. It examined Continue Reading...
Chaney Allen Cognitive-Behavior Therapies One approach that has gained a great deal of attention, particularly in the treatment of substance abuse, is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Originating with classical conditioning and operant learning, Continue Reading...
Marijuana Legalization Marijuana, also known as marihuana, is a drug that is taken from Cannabis sativa, a hemp plant. It is one of the most frequently used and popular drugs in the world along with caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. The United States Continue Reading...
There is an open drug culture on the island that celebrates the use of marijuana, and no one knows how much of the plant is grown on this island, alone. As one drug enforcement manual notes, "Tiny Jamaica has been known to produce upwards of 300 met Continue Reading...
For example, once upon a time, consensual homosexual acts between adults or the use of birth control were both criminal activities, punishable by imprisonment or fines. Now these acts are not considered criminal violations, but personal behavior bey Continue Reading...
working with a diverse population of Native Americans, Hispanics, and other individuals in the prison systems and public clinics of this country, I have come to two, crucial conclusions. Firstly, that the currently cost-strapped environment of the n Continue Reading...
The assumption here is that counselor burnout may be heightened as a result of the diversity of students who attend post secondary educational institutions, and the variety of services the 2-year postsecondary counselors must provide to these studen Continue Reading...
Within my own community, I have seen this as more and more people travel farther and farther away for college, and settle far away from their parents. Access to expanded opportunities motivates the individual to break his or her existing social ties Continue Reading...
Christian Counseling Presenting Problems Diane seems to be undergoing many different problems that are present today because of her past. The way she was treated by her family and her husband now has gone to affect her psychologically and emotional Continue Reading...
Diverse Populations: Muslim Americans Muslim Americans are not a large part of the U.S. culture, but their numbers are growing. These are people who moved to America from Muslim countries and kept their religious and cultural beliefs, or people who Continue Reading...
International Criminal Organizations Over time, Mexico has experienced significant growth in crime levels -- something that has led to an increase in criminal activity not only in Mexico but also across the entire region as well. In this text, I con Continue Reading...
In addition, she discusses some of the positive, socially constructive things that prostitutes brought to their locales, particularly in the developing West. In much of Colorado, the atmosphere was absolutely dominated by males, so that prostitutes Continue Reading...
nurse working as a psychiatric-Mental health facility and have been asked to complete a suicide assessment on a client. What are the different areas you would need to assess? List at least two questions you would ask to assess each area. Suicide a Continue Reading...
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Importance of the therapeutic alliance in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy A vast number of therapists have jotted down the significance of the working alliance. One therapy sitting includes information which comprises of sta Continue Reading...
Ethical Principles There are a number of mental health service providers such as an advocate, change agent, registered nurses, collaborator etc. A change agent is the one who aims at bringing change in the minds of the people. His main goal is to re Continue Reading...
But in instances where the TV does not provide good moral and role models for the teenagers then it is just to say that the TV programs are the major contributing factor towards homophobic tendencies among the society members. The lack of positive r Continue Reading...
There are many of these individuals, and it is time that this is changed. Parents often look away from these kinds of problems, or they spend their time in denial of the issue because they feel that their child will not be harmed by parental involv Continue Reading...
