Small-muscle control and exaggerated behavior arrives shortly after the third drink. After the next drink, the BAC level has hit .8. Slow thinking, slurred speech, and reduced information processing capability are all different side effects of being intoxicated (“Impaired Driving: Get the Facts”). Every time an individual has been drinking, whether it has been one sip or five, they are highly capable of risking not only their lives but those around…
PO has been unable to maintain sobriety after receiving and completing multiple Inpatient and Outpatient treatment services. It appears that PO has low commitment and desire for change. PO passively engaged in treatment and belief that his negative consequences and life struggle were due to other factors than his addiction. PO meets the ASAM criterial for a inpatient treatment services.…
Initial Diagnostic Case – For Practice Edgar is a 25-year-old married man who is being hospitalized after a suicide attempt that resulted in a car crash into a lake. He has been having a depressive episode for the past six months. This is the first episode he has experienced and it has several characteristics including feelings of depression, loss of interest, weight loss, hypersomnia, poor concentration and thoughts of suicide. His casual daily drinking of 1 or 2 beers per day has increased to five to eight per day in the last two months, which is aggravating his problems. He has no evidence of psychosis but his mood is severe.…
Three of us visited Michiana Behavioral Health Center or MBHC in Plymouth. Locating a facility proved an easy process but receiving an interview took more time. The facility lacks efficiency in returning phone calls. The Clinical Director, Kim and a staff member, Ron obtained their Masters in Social Work or MSW and Licensed Clinical Social Worker or LCSW among more licenses. The clinical director stated that she supervised programs, activities, and education.…
Scene TIMELINE: 1. Two summers ago on a Thursday night after we went out for dinner, my best friend Julia received a phone call from her mother, who has suffered from alcohol dependence syndrome for years. 2. Her mother told her that she had signed up for Alcoholics Anonymous classes, was feeling much more exultant and energetic, and was overall in an extremely better condition. 3.…
PO continues to show resiliency and strength to abstain from substance use and is working toward long-term recovery. PO completed the weekly treatment progress, reported having not yet attend any sober meeting due to work schedule conflicts. It appears that PO’s work schedule is interfering with treatment compliance. Gleesing Group topic: Danger Spotting and Focusing…
1. What is it like for you to communicate with and relate to patients with psychiatric disorders? It was very pleasant and enjoyable to talk with my patient. The patient was open and cooperative. He talked about his alcohol use history and why he was admitted in to the NIH alcoholic unit.…
Just recently, our alcohol withdrawal protocol was changed, our old protocol was to give Librium and our new protocol is to give valium and I am not exactly sure why the change was made but it may have to do with patients having seizures. My question is does valium decrease seizures better than Librium in patients who have alcohol withdrawal seizures…
When you start getting quoted for auto insurance in Maitland, it's important to know the factors used by insurance companies. Several medical conditions could affect your premiums in a negative way. By knowing about them, you can counteract the cost of insurance in other ways. Diabetes If you have diabetes, you run the risk of having hypoglycemic episodes.…
The cornerstone of my research will relate to the long term effects that the alcohol has on the adolescent brain reason being this is a subject we have a lot of research on, however it would seem as if the general public wasn’t as aware as they should be. I will exam the most severe effects that adolescents can succumb to. All of these effects are life threatening in terms of long-term effects they will have on you.…
Courts have examined claims that detentions of students by school officials constitute an unlawful seizure. A seizure occurs when individuals feel they are not free to leave, such as when students are detained by school administrators for questioning. The Tenth Circuit, however, noted: “To qualify as a seizure in the school context, the limitation on the student’s freedom of movement must significantly exceed that inherent in every-day, compulsory attendance.” As in the cases involving searches, courts examine school officials’ actions to determine if a seizure or detainment of a student is reasonable—that is, justified at its inception and not excessively intrusive in light of the student’s age and sex and the specific infraction.…
I got suspended for one day during the beginning of sophomore year for saying an inappropriate remark that offended one of my peers. I have learned from my mistake that words do have serious consequences and that I should think before I talk. Later on a wise statement was told to me, “If talking is silver then silence is gold.” Learning from my mistake, I did not get into any trouble after that one…
When the body becomes exposed to chronic exposure to alcohol the body will adapt to changes thus causing different responses to it. A person that drinks alcohol all the time will build up a tolerance to alcohol and will not get the effect as a person that drinks once and while or rarely drinks. The brain will start to develop a pathological craving for alcohol, longer the chronic drinker uses alcohol the stronger the desires become to fulfill them. If the body does not get the desired fix of alcohol once it becomes addicted to it, individuals will develop side effect from lack of alcohol. Some of these side effects are anxiety, elevated heart beat, overwhelming feeling of restlessness and sweating (NEUROSCIENCE: PATHWAYS TO ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE,…
"Banging heads is not a natural thing I was scared I 'd fail and I ' m still scared of that all we have to do is finish the game if we finish we win," stated pro football player Mike Webster during a conference. Being inducted into the hall of fame for football is legendary. It is something every player wants, and they will go through unbearable circumstances to achieve this goal. “Concussion,” directed by Peter Landesman, hit theaters on December 15, 2015, and is about actual events that eventually led to the rule concerning the concussion protocol in the National Football Leauge. This film zeros in on the harsh reality of fighting against an extensive cooperation like the NFL and the pros and cons related to playing the action packed, fan favorite sport, ‘football. '…
Extreme intoxication can cause coma and even death. “Numerous studies show that moderate drinkers have significantly lower rates of heart attacks, blood clot caused strokes, peripheral vascular disease, sudden cardiac death, and death from all cardiovascular causes.” (Gale,…