Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

Assessment Report: MAST and the Mental Status Examination A counselor that is meeting with a client should consider the use of assessments. Assessments can be an extremely useful tool. However, the counselor should consider the client’s cultural background and how if the assessment is appropriate to use. During an aspiring counselor’s journey in fieldwork, one may have to use assessments that could benefit the client. An aspiring counselor may use an assessment to assist him or her with determining an appropriate treatment for the client. Working with Katie The counselor worked with a client that was charged with the possession of marijuana and having false identification in her wallet. For confidentiality purposes, the counseling intern will call her Katie for confidential…

Hangovers: Smartphone Drinking App lets you Know When it’s time to stop The Alcohol Tracker, a smartphone drinking app, let’s you know how much alcohol you’ve got in your system and if you’ve had enough. We tend to think that alcohol problems are associated with binge drinkers or those dependent on it. The truth is that no level of alcohol is risk-free. So, drink smart. Drinkaware Doctors in Singapore have developed the perfect drinking app, helping users to keep track of their daily or…

Alcoholism or alcohol abuse disorder should not be defined by one specific biological, environmental or psychosocial factor but rather as a disease with many interrelated factors and symptoms (Oltmanns and Emery, 2015). Alcohol consumption in our culture is a common behavior that is heightened by the media and engrained in the moral customs within our social worlds. This alcohol acceptance within our culture, coupled with personal denial and other emotional health problems, creates a problem…

appropriate treatment plan.” In this essay five screening and assessment tools that are used in the identification of a substance use disorders diagnosis will be described. Examples that illustrate how the tools can be used…

INTRODUCTION Both alcohol use and depressive symptoms are prevalent in adolescents and young adults (1–3). Additionally, several studies report the co-occurrence of alcohol use and depressive symptoms (4–6). For example, of young depressive adolescents under grade 10, 39% female vs. 14.8% male have ever used alcohol (7). Given co-occurrence of underage alcohol use and early depressive symptoms, disentangling the sequence of alcohol initiation (AI) and depressive symptom onset (DSO) will provide…

There is a large body of research as to why people become addicted but the biggest issue is the need to reduce the current amount of alcohol addicted individuals in both areas of binge drinking and alcohol dependence. The constant growth of binge drinking and alcohol dependence is a cause for concern in itself. This rapidly growing trend is so ingrained in the majority of societies it is a constant cause for concern for the fields of medicine and psychology. The main focus in regards to…

Cognitive Processing Therapy Trauma can happen to a variety of people; old and young, rich and poor, male and female; through the use of physical, verbal or sexual abuse, even while stationed in the military. One study focused on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and compared its effectiveness to Present-Centered Therapy (PCT). Those who participated were diagnosed with PTSD related to military sexual trauma (both men and women) within three months before the study have more than one clear…

another. In my research, I am going to talk about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as, ADHD, and the part of memory that it relates to. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by behavioral symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) that affects approximately 5.9% to 7.1% of children and adolescents (Willcutt, 2012). ADHD comes with a lot of health issues…

is primarily carried with lipoproteins and albumin in serum. The levels of GGT is determined by various factors such as alcohol intake, body fat content, plasma lipid/ lipoproteins and glucose levels, and also various medications (Whitfield, 2001, p.263-3553). As noted by Das, Nayak, and Vasudevan(2003, p.111-118) there are other biochemical markers that is also associated with alcohol such as Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) activity, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)…

Cherpitel (1997) indicates, “in order for a diagnosis to occur, the problems identified must be listed in the DSM, which will suffice to consider the screening tools valid.” Moreover, Cherpitel (1997) points out, “screening instruments such as the Cage questionnaire, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Quantity/Frequency Questions have proven valid to assess an individual who has alcohol related issues.” Because of the issues described in Peter’s case analysis, it shows that…