Description Addiction is often combined with other co-occurring disorders that impact one’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. For example, many individuals suffering from addiction also exhibit signs of depression. Clients
Read FullDescription Addiction is a disease of the mind, a disease of obsession, and a disease of isolation. The role of a particular substance, whether it is alcohol, opiates, marijuana, gambling,
Read FullDescription Discussion 1: Social and Community Support “Groups offer a number of advantages over individual or other counseling methods including creating a sense of universality or the understanding that clients
Read FullDescription Discussion 1: Evidence-Based Interventions Used in Trauma Individuals can experience trauma from public events at the national level or extremely private ones at the interpersonal level. In this Discussion,
Read FullDescription Response to Shannon Does the community have an obligation to help individuals with addiction? I do believe society has an obligation to help individuals with addiction. White (2010), states
Read FullDescription Due 01/28/2019 Discussion: Prevention Program As an addiction professional, you may contribute to social change in a variety of ways. For example, you may educate clients and families, engage
Read FullDescription Due: 01/30/2019 Twelve-step groups are the foundation and most widely recognized of nearly all addiction recovery programs. Twelve-step groups include Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous. Although the
Read FullDescription Due 12/29/2019 Of the substance disorders, alcohol-related disorders are the most prevalent even though only a small percentage of individuals actually receive help. Recidivism in the substance treatment world
Read FullDescription Due 2/1/2019 The sign of an effective clinician is the ability to identify the criteria that distinguish the diagnosis from any other possibility (otherwise known as a differential diagnosis).
Read FullDescription Due 2/4/2019 Burn out is physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion is caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding and very stressful, combined with high personal expectations
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