When discussing the physiological effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco it is understandable that each person’s effects vary and no two people will ever have the same effects or outcomes. Differing situations, emotional, biological, environmental, and even social influences can all add to an addictive behavior. The two special populations that I will be discussing are adolescents and pregnant women. These groups as one may see are obviously very different and have varying strategies that need to be implemented throughout their treatment.
The environment in which ones grows up in also affects their chances of developing a substance abuse problem. Those adolescents that grew up in an abusive home are more than 50% to suffer from a substance …show more content…
Since each client is different and has different needs an assessments helps build a plan for what may be the best course of action. However, it is vital to understand that an assessment is just a tool and that the counselor makes the final decision. In order to be able to understand the tool; the counselor needs to make a decision based on both their knowledge and their understandings of the answers given to that assessment.
Assessment and treatment strategies need to have appreciate relativity to the adolescent population, they need to be given in a calm setting, they need to have an intended purpose of determining whether or not they have a problem, and have a way to measure behavioral/attitude changed over time. Since they are adolescents it may be helpful to have data conserving their parents use while with the child to determine if these kids are in harm’s …show more content…
As with the normal physiological problems with the women such as liver disease, circulation problems, premature menopause, osteoporosis, and heart disease there are also issues that may arise within the fetus. This may include complications, miscarriage, or significant problems for the fetus itself. Alcohol and tobacco are one of the most prevalent issues when talking about pregnant women because it may lead to FASD, death, and preeclampsia. These issue may be harmful or life threatening to both the women and the unborn
The environment in which ones grows up in also affects their chances of developing a substance abuse problem. Those adolescents that grew up in an abusive home are more than 50% to suffer from a substance …show more content…
Since each client is different and has different needs an assessments helps build a plan for what may be the best course of action. However, it is vital to understand that an assessment is just a tool and that the counselor makes the final decision. In order to be able to understand the tool; the counselor needs to make a decision based on both their knowledge and their understandings of the answers given to that assessment.
Assessment and treatment strategies need to have appreciate relativity to the adolescent population, they need to be given in a calm setting, they need to have an intended purpose of determining whether or not they have a problem, and have a way to measure behavioral/attitude changed over time. Since they are adolescents it may be helpful to have data conserving their parents use while with the child to determine if these kids are in harm’s …show more content…
As with the normal physiological problems with the women such as liver disease, circulation problems, premature menopause, osteoporosis, and heart disease there are also issues that may arise within the fetus. This may include complications, miscarriage, or significant problems for the fetus itself. Alcohol and tobacco are one of the most prevalent issues when talking about pregnant women because it may lead to FASD, death, and preeclampsia. These issue may be harmful or life threatening to both the women and the unborn