Substance abuse

Alcohol is one of the most common known drugs that people commonly abuse in the United States today. Throughout this paper, the team will outline the treatment modalities that can be used during treatment and the demographics of the population abusing and going through treatment. Treatment is necessary to beat this addiction and to encourage abusers to enter rehabilitation center one must understand what can be done and what steps need to be taken. Finally, this paper shows what happens when…

Data: Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse A direct relationship has been found between severity of substance abuse and the extent of conjugal violence (Brown et. al, 1999). The statistical relationship between the two has been proven: 59% of men in inpatient detoxification units have behaved violently toward their wives, 70% of abused wives describe their husbands as alcohol dependent, and 75% of surveyed wives of alcoholics report being threatened with physical harm (Chartas & Culbreth,…

Substance abuse among the youth in America is on a rise. Abuse of drugs can develop from many factors and issues in life. Certain triggers leading to substance abuse can be linked to issues stimulating from as early as childhood. Family structures, income, and geographical areas can play a role in a child turning to drugs in his or her future. Children being raised in homes without fathers are becoming more common. Single parent homes have become more predominate in America within the past few…

He fears that his NA acquaintances will find out he was using meth again. When working as a substance abuse counselor at an LGBQT center, there are very ethical dilemmas that arise. A substance abuse counselor supports individuals to overpower those feelings and emotions that trigger drug and/or alcohol abuse. Operating those services in a LGBQT center will convey intersecting situations. For instance, the counselor will partaken a challenging position…

The final limitation to the study is the omission of the state of mind surrounding the reasons for insecurities i.e. abuse or trauma. Strengths of this approach is being able to include multiple theoretically based measures in addition to brief intervention, because the intervention is simple, inexpensive to provide, and proven as a preventive method to stop the early…

Substance Abuse Along with stress, family dysfunction, and social isolation, substance abuse has also been linked with an increased risk of child abuse and neglect. Aspects of the family environment can be a useful and vital assessment aspect for identifying child abuse and neglect. According to a study conducted by Shanta Dube, Robert Anda, Vincent Felitti, Janet Croft, Valerie Edwards, and Wayne Gills (2001), there was a strong relationship between parental alcohol abuse and each of the 10…

Link 2: Depression in Adolescence and Substance Abuse in Adulthood Developmental Period: Adolescence An adolescent who has developed depression throughout schooling, can serve as a major impact in adapting malignant behaviours. It is reported that by the age of 19, an estimated 28% of adolescence are expected to experience a major depressive episode (Lewinsohn, Rohde & Seeley, 1998). Experiencing depression in adolescence results in riskier consequences, for instance higher risks of academic…

these requirements due to being closed off emotionally because of past abuse/neglect, inadequate treatment programs, placement instability, having no permanent support system, and being placed in a negative environment, which youths cannot control (Rosenthal). If there is more than one of these relapse factors, it is very likely for the child to start abusing again (Chenhall, R. D. 2002).…

Introduction A substance abuse counselor is in place to encourage and support clients who are addicted to alcohol and drugs. When alcohol and drug abuse client come to an agency to receive treatment, as a counselor it’s important that to encourage the client to receive the help to that the client can be rehabilitated. There are four core function of a counselor that will be discussed in this paper is client education, case management, crisis intervention, and referral. Each of these functions…

It is believed that Jose has suffered developmental and language delay caused by the alcohol and drug usage by one of the biological parent at the time of conception. The child witnessed at a tender age the physical and verbal abuse from the father towards the mother. This may explain the child’s outbursts of violence and verbal hostility. The onset of the divorce changed Jose’s environment by having him put abruptly into a daycare facility. Since this time period, the child has not seen or…