Substance abuse

Many people have passed away, killed a loved one, or even been incarcerated due to this. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism “each year approximately 5,000 people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking”. Just because there are laws trying to prevent underage drinking, doesn 't stop teens that are depressed find a way to solve their problems…

be put into rehabilitation treatment programmes rather than jail. According to Rehab UK, there are over 440,000 drug users in the UK. Drug addicts need to realise that they have a problem, to be able to battle their addiction. According to the substance abuse and mental health service administrations, 23.5 million people aged 12 and over needed treatment for a drug problem in 2009. James aged 21 from Manchester was interviewed by the BBC about his experience taking drugs and how talking to…

Drug addiction is a substance abuse disorder, it is when an individual is dependent on a drug-recreational, or medicinal. Having a drug addiction can cause many problems. For example, for an adolescent it can cause interpersonal relationship and school problems. The addiction…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Treatment Approach with Maurice The case study of Maurice strikes a particular chord for myself personally as an addictions professional who is also in recovery. Through the information provided about Maurice, we learn that he is an individual in recovery, who has relapsed on heroin after a successful period of sobriety. Prior to this current relapse and treatment episode, Maurice built upon his recovery, and utilized his personal knowledge as a gateway…

transparent pouches. “The drugs now known as Bath Salts were first synthesized in France in 1928 and 1929” (). The drugs were originally researched for medical uses, but it was unsuccessful due to horrible side effects. Abuse of the drugs started in the former…

Purpose: Researchers wanted to identify the effects of cocaine abuse and how it can lead to drug addiction and cause other serious changes to how our nervous systems functions; due to the decrease level of dopamine found in the consumer’s brain. Researcher’s decision to conduct research is to emphasize the importance on the level of dependence that dopamine has in our brains, and the serious consequences it may result due to any abnormality. Method: Researchers outreached to several candidates…

When individuals hear the word “addiction” they immediately think of alcohol or drugs. What most people are not aware of is that addiction can derive from numerous factors such as tanning and that can be even more of an issue at times. According to Skin Cancer Foundation (2015), “More people develop skin cancer because of tanning than develop lung cancer because of smoking”. Since tanning has grown to become more addictive there has been a study that was conducted for the purpose of measuring…

For instance, she was able to see that she can assist clients in recognizing the effects of substance use on their current life problems. Jocabed was able to draw upon this conclusion given the assessment and treatment plan conducted weeks prior to taking the self-assessment with one of her friends. Jocabed shared that this week her friend shared…

okay to have an illness such as diabetes, but it’s not okay to have the illness of addiction. Despite our progress in so many areas of life (such as moving forward on racial and gender equality, albeit slowly), the social stigma associated with substance abuse has barely made a dent if even a scratch. Even many physicians hold a negative view of the addict. Excuses Here are reasons addicts give for rejecting treatment and the opportunity for recovery. The first one is the most ingenious reason…

Skills USA my team and I work together to address the growing heroin overdose issue in the community. In order to tackle the growing epidemic background information and connections had to be made. Phil Lahey of the Merrimack Valley Prevention and Substance Abuse Project came to my school to spread awareness of the heroin epidemic.…