Substance dependence

Furthermore, his treatment plan will be totally based on the perfect service for his substance abuse problem. Therefore, his treatment plan will be to place him in a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, which will specify where he is in his recovery. Rather than him doing all of this along he will have all of the resources he need at the center to help with his recovery. This will help…

Alexander’s essay “Reframing Canada’s ‘Drug Problem’”, discusses the ever-growing epidemic of substance addiction plaguing Vancouver’s streets. In this paper, Alexander encourages readers to re-evaluate classic drug intervention methods: criminal prosecution, medical or psychological treatment, and “harm reduction” techniques, as they focus on fixing the addicts rather than fixing the true origin of their substance abuse problems. Ultimately, Alexander argues that people’s “dislocation” from…

life is their parents, many children like to be like their parents and some even pretend to be their parents. When something is wrong with adults many children can pick up on these emotions that they are conveying. When a parent has a problem with substance abuse a child can also pick up on this. Some children may see this as normal and others may blame themselves for what is wrong with their parent does. Because if this abnormal childhood they go through these children…

In “Under The Influence,” Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist, essayist, and teacher at Indiana University, talks about his life with his alcoholic father and how it affected him and still affects him to this day. He grew up watching his father battle with alcoholism. He experienced how his father was with alcohol and how he pushed away all the people who tried to help him. As an adult, he is wary of alcohol and developed depression due to struggles he had as a child. Even though his…

“In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life,” said Albert Bandura, a renowned American psychologist. The topic of resilience is also portrayed throughout the book, The Pact. The story is centralized on a group of bright, African American teenagers transforming into mature doctors, despite living through a gang-affiliated city with poverty and crime. The nonfiction book, The Pact, written…

by the name of Substance D. Philip K. Dick -a highly regarded science fiction writer who is said to be one of the greatest of his time (Metzger and Straub 88) brought this idea to life in his novel A Scanner Darkly. By referencing his first-hand experience with narcotics, Dick was able to accurately illustrate the mind of a substance abuser and portray the potentially harmful effects drugs may have on the brain; however, his novel contradicts society’s…

so the two substances can mix. The mixture of Sodium Bicarbonate, Phenol Red and Calcium Chloride caused a chemical reaction which produced gas and the bag to expand. This reaction could have resulted in a new substance being produced. The new substance could have been produced by the mixing of calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate and the production of…

the consequences. When a person starts using or abusing drugs, their character and their demeanor changes quite a bit. This person also becomes pretty unreliable at home, at school, at work, and wherever else they are involved in the community. Substance abuse is especially hard on the families of the abusers, and these people experience many different feelings and emotions. The family unit is put at risk because of the stress that addiction puts on relationships, and often…

Introduction One of the biggest dilemma’s that athletes have today is whether they want to risk their careers by taking Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED). This is not just a professional athlete, it can be a problem in all levels. The pressure to be the best at whatever position your playing can be very stressful. Sometimes it’s your personal choice and other times it’s expected or required of you. When put into this situation as a Christian, it can really challenge your morals and values. In…

signs of illness or problems, i.e. loss of control increase in substance tolerance, and premature death (if untreated) associated with addiction. The disease model offers clinicians a logical understanding of the affect substances has on the brain that will eventually hijack the brain’s normal sequence of decision notification, i.e. dopamine craving pleasure through substance use and glutamate gives it permission to use substances despite consequences. The psychological rewiring…