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Psychology is a science dedicated to comprehend behavior of human. According to Baskind (2012), therapists are concerned with enhancing the nature of individuals ' lives and their life fulfillment. Clinicians consider practices that advance individuals ' prosperity and life fulfillment versatile practices. Practices that serve to utmost individuals ' working and reduce life fulfillment are termed maladaptive practices. Since addiction is an unsafe, maladaptive behavior where mental models are…

What do you recommend when patients continue to relapse while taking buprenorphine? I recognize that opioid addiction is an illness, so I increase the intensity of treatment if a patient should relapse. However, repeated relapses signify a major problem. Medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine requires a great deal of self-monitoring (self-policing). Patients who are unable to self-monitor are still in need of treatment, but at a higher intensity level. Options include treatment at an…

Some frequently abused drugs include marijuana, heroin, and cocaine. Marijuana possesses potent relaxing properties, but is accompanied by numerous negative side effects such as slowed thinking and reaction time, impaired memory and balance, and increased paranoia and anxiety. Yet music possesses relaxing and meditative properties without the negative side effects marijuana yields. Opioids such as heroin cause feelings of euphoria followed by periods of drowsiness. Euphoria…

When the shock subsided, the next thought that cross my mind I still cannot forgive myself for. “Why… how could you be so stupid?” I pleaded, painfully absorbing that one of my closest childhood friends (we will call him Kyle) had just died from a heroin overdose at the age of 19. Kyle and I had not talked in a few years, but the memories from our childhood and the promise in his life that he abandoned broke me that day. In high school, he was popular amongst his peers, and the starting…

Met with client for ISP review and check-in re: treatment compliance. Client reported the last date of Methamphetamine and Heroin use was 05/15/2017. Client denied experiencing any w/d or post-acute w/d symptoms. Client denied having any medical issues and is not taking any OTC or Rx medications in the last 60 days. Client reported smoking “4-5 cigarettes per day” and denied wanting to quit at this time. Client denied having psychiatric issues. Client’s mood was described as “Good,…

Addiction is not a disease it is the result of a series of bad life decisions. It is the person’s choice to start using drugs or addictive substances, at some point that person also actively had to make the decision to continue using the addictive substance despite the negative repercussions, and that individual also made the decision to stay in the negative environment that is influencing their bad choices. Addiction is a path people choose for themselves, you are not born an addict. You did…

According to healthypeople.gov, in 2005, approximately 22 million Americans are struggling with drug or alcohol problems. Consider the recognition of approximately 95% of people with substance use problems. Of people who recognize their own problems, it has made unsuccessful efforts to get the 273,000 treatment. These estimates will increase prevention efforts and highlight the importance of improving access to treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Drug abuse has a…

He is arrested for a threat to everybody and served in jail. First, they are using such as drugs, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin a lot of illegal to cause into trouble including joining with the cartels, drug dealers, or gangs. For an example there’s a person named Edward I met him since all the way back from middle school. He joined in a gang. It is called 5’9 Brims the blood…

According to Drew Humphries (1999), congenital defects among babies born of crack/cocaine mothers has been a heavily debated topic since the issue came about in the late twentieth century. Some reports classified cocaine as a teratogenic drug that has serious birth defects while others say the effects are not as severe. One theory suggests that cocaine effects the central nervous system “where it alters the production of neurotransmitters, which in turn may interfere with tissue growth in the…

addicted to alcohol and drugs never become homeless, but people who are poor and addicted are clearly at increased risk of homelessness. People addicted to crack, a concentrated form of cocaine; typically spend at least $200 a day of the drug, and heroin addicts spend…