Assessment of Alcoholic living in a Family Individuals addicted to alcohol are threatened with increased risk of health problems, including liver cirrhosis, cardiovascular diseases, and fetal abnormalities. Additionally, substance abuse can lead to automobile collisions, violence, and injuries. Alcohol can influence worker’s productivity, family problems, or school performance. According to Alcohol Research and Health (2000), “the United States and other countries have expended considerable effort
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TrTreating Lindsay Lohan 1 Treating Lindsay Lohan [Your Name] Treating Lindsay Lohan Executive Summary 2 Celebrities are often unprepared for the prestige and wealth that they acquire. Many adopt self destructive behaviors, including substance abuse and disrespect for the law. Such behaviors pose a risk to the celebrity as both an individual and professional. A growing trend has been for celebrities’ management companies to require celebrities to accept a certain level of intervention
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Student Request to Withdraw Section 1. To be completed by the student Top of Form |Family name: |Kul-Mukhammed | |Given/First name: |Raushan | |Student ID: |22502
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Sara Gentry Mr. Nikkel Comp II 26 April 2011 Optimistic Smoking 1. Intro a. The negative effects of smoking is common knowledge but so is the affects of eating cheeseburgers and pop but people do it anyways b. Smokers start smoking, and continue to smoke so there must be some benefits to smoking c. I have done research and found out that smoking has benefits and I feel it is important because nobody ever stresses the benefits of smoking. d. Smoking can has a number
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The illusion that smoking helps with weight control was proposed by the maker of cigarettes. Once the addiction to nicotine was started the following perceived benefits to smoking was easily developed, because these are the symptoms of withdraw. Withdraw causes anxiety so smoking and feeding the addiction reduces anxiety and this enhances the females mood. Low self-esteem and addiction have been proven to be interrelated. Young females (18-24) that are more image concerned than older woman are
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Alcohol and Tobacco College is usually a time when people experiment with different substances, including alcohol and tobacco. Even though the Savannah State campus was ruled alcohol and tobacco free campus, you can still find cigarette buds on the grounds and liquor being consumed at parties on any given weekend. Though these substances can be used in moderation, they are still abused. Education about the negative effects of alcohol and tobacco use is the best way to combat this abuse. I chose
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or age. At any time while drinking people can form a dependence to alcohol. To fully understand the meaning of being an alcoholic, what it does to the body, and the recovery processes that follow, it is important to remember that alcoholism is an addiction and can affect anyone. The DSM IV defines alcoholism as a maladaptive pattern of alcohol use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three or more of the seven criteria, occurring at any time in the same 12-month
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Introduction to Psychology II Ina M. Kamaitytė, Professor 12 December, 2001 Alcoholism Thousands of years ago people began to make alcohol for practical reasons. Wine making began with the early Egyptians who found that grape juise spoiled quickly, but that fermented juise or wine would keep without spoiling. They also had problems with impure water, and the Egyptians noticed that people did not sick ower wine, but they often became ill when they drank inpure water. In later years
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Assignment 2.2 Chapter 10 Study Guide: Loosening the Grip: A Handbook of Alcohol Information (10th ed.). 1. What are the features of “individual counseling”? What does “individual counseling” provide? 2. What are the features of “Case Management”? What does “Case Management” provide? 3. What clinical opportunities are accessed in substance abuse treatment? 4. List four types of groups and give a brief description of each. 5. List the “Group Functions”. 6. Discuss
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Kendra Alcoholism Overview: Alcoholism is a medically diagnosed disease which manifests itself in the frequent use of alcohol, despite the negative consequences it has on a person’s life. Genetic predisposition, environment, and mental health are the leading risk factors for developing alcoholism. Alcohol problems are severe and involve substantial consumption of alcohol, which results in multiple physical and psychosocial problems. Symptoms: Signs and symptoms of alcoholism include significant
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