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The paper "Mindfulness, Personality and Negative Effect in substance abuse" critically analyzes the role of mindfulness, personality, and negative effect in substance abuse.... It is less clear whether or not mindfulness impairment, negative personality traits, and negative effects are a consequence of substance abuse or causes substance abuse.... The implications for substance abuse and treatment of substance abuse are relevant insofar as mindfulness therapy can sufficiently help substance users cope with and avoid a negative effect....
41 Pages
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Dissertation
OCD is an anxiety disorder.... An anxiety disorder is something that brings a great amount of distress to an individual because he is consumed by it.... The life of a person who suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is dominated by unwanted thoughts and actions that are conducted in a repetitive manner....
16 Pages
(4000 words)
Essay
While most can use substances such as alcohol on a limited, social basis, there is evidence that a significant component of the population regularly misuses or.... ... ...
32 Pages
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Essay
According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010), alcohol is one of the most common drug substances in the world and that its abuse among the young population has become a major issue in public health.... eports have been revealed that the incidents of drug and alcohol abuse among the youth population have been decreasing in recent years, however, the overall school-age statistics on drug use are representing an alarming 25% of UK's school-age children (11-15 years old) experimenting with drugs and alcohol....
24 Pages
(6000 words)
Essay
The paper 'Knowledge for Mental Health Care Practice' states that in John's situation, it is evident that he is suffering from a mental health disorder and substance abuse, which is causing him to behave in such a peculiar manner.... It is recommended that John passes through a comprehensive mental health and substance abuse assessment.... It is estimated that this adolescent has a greater risk of developing drug and substance abuse as compared to adults....
11 Pages
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Essay
This proposal deals with establishing a rehab center, the center will be used to try and reduce the drugs and substance abuse faced by young black children.... Most black families face many challenges including, unemployment, crime, poverty, low education attainment, drug and substance abuse from This proposal will deal on how to address the problem drugs and substance abuse.... In a 2012 study conducted by substance abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), discovered that black people accounted for 43....
4 Pages
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Essay
ased on Garrett's (2005) definition, prescription drug abuse (PDA) may be understood as the unprincipled, immoral, illegal, and excessive use of prescription medications usually of the sedative and narcotic classes causing detriment to the health and safety of the user.... The paper "Trends in Prescription Drug Use among the US Teens" states that the effects of the increasing PDA among teens are not only head aching and emotionally exhausting but are also more costly to all stakeholders – the user, the family, and the Human Services....
17 Pages
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Case Study
They have started to live but cannot continue, because the judicial system does not want to consider that teens are not adults.... A difference in adult psychic system and teen's system makes adults called adults and adolescents called adolescents.... First, they are not as capable to control their emotions and 'impulses' as adults, which make them more likely to erratic behaviour (Beckman).... In addition to the difference in brain between adults and teens, there is a variation of how differently a mature and an immature individual uses his brain structures (Beckman)....
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Essay