Substance Abuse

... responding facilities nationwide. An example of a non-profit treatment facility is the Phoenix House, the country's largest non-profit organization dedicated to the treatment and prevention of substance abuse. Phoenix House counselors and other staff members provide over 100 programs in nine states including California, Florida, New York, Texas and New England (Phoenix House, 2001). The ... be the architect of the 20th century's approach to addiction treatment practices providing a holistic approach encompassing body, mind and spirit (Hazelden, 2004). At Hazelden, alcohol and substance a...

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... environment, are often in a privileged position to detect problems in traumatized refugee children and adolescents and to provide help (Rousseau et al, 2012). Substance Abuse As previously stated, mental health professionals report that substance abuse is one of the main problems presenting in the refugee population. The presence of a mental illness can pose a risk for problematic drug use ... asylum seekers have special mental health needs, which leaves young people and children particularly at risk (Mills, 2012). There are a variety of risk factors that lead to substance abuse, even wi...

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... structure or ways of communication could cause abnormal behavior (Association C. M., 2001). Co-Occurring Disorders (COD) describe a condition in which a person has both a mental illness and a substance abuse problem (Network, 2008; Association C. M.). People may choose to self medicate as a way to feel better, causing them to become dependent. Co-Occurring Disorders are often referred as dual ... However, women were more likely to seek medical attention for their co-occurring disorder than men. In addition, most duel diagnosed individuals have traditionally received either mental or subs...

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... has turned from an national phenomenon to an epidemic situation (194). The number of adolescents who know someone who uses illegal drugs has nearly quadrupled over the past decade. Adolescent substance abuse usually starts with the teenager drinking alcohol with his/her friends or family. This is often followed by smoking cigarettes and/or marijuana. Habitual marijuana users may progress to the ... lives with an overindulgent mother or a distant or abusive father is also more likely to consume illegal substances. Looking at it from another point of view, one may blame youth substance ab...

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... MD's are all considered formal treatment" (p. 42). What are seven steps of prevention program planning? The World Health Organization categorizes Substance abuse treatment into three stages: detoxification, rehabilitation, and aftercare support. From my understanding, Substance abuse treatment begins with detoxification. It is the process of cleansing the body of harmful toxins which have accumulated due to the excessive consumption ... alcohol or intake of drugs. Are there gaps in the system? According to research, there are gaps between research and applications that are gradually bei...

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... the number of people in prisons and jails (between 1980 and 1996, the U.S. prison population tripled, in large part because of convictions associated with drugs) and community resistance to substance abuse treatment facilities and programs, on the grounds that they contribute to increased crime, attract undesirable groups of people, and encourage the drug trade (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ... also is expanding our understanding of the risks posed by prescription medications in different populations "women, adolescents, racial and ethnic groups, health professionals, thos...

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... prescription drugs such as diazepam (Valium) became known, and caffeine came under examination as well. Drug laws have tried to keep up with the changing perceptions and real dangers of substance abuse. By 1970 over 55 federal drug laws and countless state laws specified a variety of disciplinary measures, including life imprisonment and even the death penalty. To clarify the situation, the ... preparations was not too harmful. It became so only after mankind learned to increase the efficiency and effects of these substances. Types of Abused Substances There are many levels of substance...

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... mostly in the older adults rather than young adults. Younger users who drink too much alcohol, often move on to other forms of substance abuse to go along with drinking. Chronic alcohol consumption is seen mostly in the physical state of the user who has poor nutrition and poor ... job and do not drink until they are home or off work for the day and usually drink more on the weekends. Another form of substance abuse is heroin addiction. Heroin is "a white, odorless, bitter crystalline compound that is derived from morphine and is a highly addictive illegal narcotic." ... you would, ...

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... . "Since the mid-1980s, when the introduction of highly addictive crack cocaine to low-income urban neighborhoods claimed large numbers of women, there has been growing concern about maternal substance abuse and its negative consequence for children and families" (Marcenko, Kemp, & Larson, 2000, p. 316). Although it is not always the case, the rapid growth of children in foster ... care is due to substance-abusing mothers (Marcenko et al., 2000). Another factor that comes to mind when dealing with substance-abusing mothers and child abuse is maternal age. "When the role of substance abus...

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... act the way their parents did, and not only that, but adults who were abused as children are much more likely to have substance, addiction, mental, and physical problems (Hayes 1+). Alcohol and substance abuse, the number one reason for child abuse, is many times the beginning of a brutal chain of events that is destroying immense numbers of families across the country and world. In ... 70% of child abuse cases, it has been found that alcohol and substance abuse was present and caused or increased abuse in the situation (Hayes 1+). When a person is under the influence of drugs, they are...

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