Substance-related disorders

The problem in most teenagers these days are drugs. Drugs have become a category of not taken seriously among teens and young adults. This effects the work place and schooling progress and effort. The effort put into something like school or work is based on communication, learning, processing and listening skills. If a teenager adds drugs to the growing body and brain the combination isn’t too good. I am addressing the solution to those I have just listed. When a teenager passes tenth grade…

to figure out the root of the problem in order to completely rehabilitate the individual. Rehabilitating a person consists of much more than having someone keep sober for 90 days. It is about giving them the right tools to cope with their stress, disorders, or trauma in their lives. In some ways, the hardest part of establishing and maintaining long-term recovery comes when the treatment has been completed and they reenter society. They is always a high probability that relapse may happen. Some…

most instances, the more unhealthy it is. One thing that has been causing to our dental health for years, rather it is natural or artificial, are illegal substances such as heroin, cocaine, meth, and cannabis. We released an article earlier about the effects that smoking and/or chewing tobacco can have on our teeth, now to move onto substances that can have an even more severe effect on them. Along with being illegal, practically all drugs that are marked as illegal have negative consequences…

Drug =Survival. When you cross a line into addiction, Drug =Drug. In addiction, something goes wrong with the part of the brain to know things that are harmful, that is the brain pleasure sense. Addiction is the ability of the brain to proceed, process and act upon pleasurable experience. The brain creates pleasurable experience, it brings reward and one can remember it. Addiction is pleasure unwoven. I feel the film narrator also gave a good explanation of the five theories of addiction- the…

Drug addiction is a disease that affects the brain and has subsequent consequences on the addict’s behaviour. We often have a hard time recognizing that drug addiction is in fact a disease of the brain, and not something of choice. We categorize things such as, diabetes, Crohn’s, and multiple sclerosis as disease’s but we regularly subside the fact that drug addiction is a disease as well. Many people do not understand the train of effects drugs have on the brain and how it fosters into drug…

Once someone realizes that they have an addiction, the next step is to find the right treatment plan. Everyone is different, so it is important to find a program that offers customized care. In general, most patients will begin with detox before transitioning to rehab. Afterward, they can continue their treatment through a lifelong treatment plan. Figuring Out a Treatment Plan The initial step is recognizing that there is a problem. This problem can be solved through a variety of different…

According to Health Psychology, “Addiction is a condition that involves a physical and psychological dependence on a substance and will suffer withdrawal symptoms when they stop using it (Sarafino & Smith 2014.)” One of the major ways that can help a person withdraw from abusing substances is motivational interviewing; however, before using this methods that person’s desire and readiness must change. That person must fully want to quit otherwise it just wasting time and money. Motivational…

Substance abuse and addictive behaviors is a scary and sad topic that negatively affects many people. When I was a child my parents never exposed me to drugs or alcohol. They would never use drugs and never drank alcohol around my brothers and myself. I was not familiar with what drugs and alcohol were until my early middle school days when classmates would talk about it at school and from television. Unfortunately my innocent mind was washed and I became more and more exposed to it. Not…

Addiction is a concept that is expressed and explained all over the globe through music and song lyrics. Many people turn to this kind of music to show and teach people what they and others go through during their daily struggles dependent on drugs. Furthermore, several songs based on addiction are used to demonstrate and resemble events and emotions, Nic Sheff from the book “Tweak”, goes through as an addict himself. First off, Nic Sheff is a man who grew up addicted to methamphetamines. He…

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