The Science of Addiction Written Assignments Content Respond to the advantages and disadvantages of psychotropic medication in treating mental illness and addiction. Your response must be submitted in an APA format.
Assignment As a group, develop a list of 3 addictions.Think broadly about what constitutes an addiction. After compiling the list, as a group identify which are pathological and which are behavioral, with justification, explanation, and evidence for your decision. Finally, as individuals, prepare a summary of the addictions you identified and your group’s justification/explanation/evidence for […]
Compare the 1960 disease model by Jellinek to one of the seven models discussed in your book chapter 1. The seven models you can choose from: Moral model Psychological model Family model Disease model Biological model Sociocultural model Multi-causal model Include the following in your discussion: – Provide a statement of your personal definition of […]
Addiction Explain how counsellors in recovery understand how addiction develops, what it is and how addiction being a disease is experienced?
Can Addiction be Passed Through Genes?
Heavy cannabis use in adults, addiction, depression and self-harm.
750-word min essay on some of the major substances of abuse. Include the following in your paper: An explanation and discussion of three major substances of abuse based on your topical readings A discussion and explanation about which substances are considered more addictive than others A discussion of physical addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal
Is there a link between child trauma and addiction? Looking at the psychology of addiction and if child trauma has an effect.
After reading Doukas and Cullen’s 2010 article, “Recovered Addicts Working in the Addiction Field: Pitfalls to Substance Abuse Relapse,” and any other resources you find on this topic, imagine yourself as a program supervisor for a residential addictions program. Identify and evaluate the preventative measures a program supervisor can take to minimize the legal and […]
Imagine that you are a new counselor at the college’s student center, you will provide an assessment and a treatment plan for someone presenting with an electronic addiction. You will prepare a 8-10 page paper about a new clientyou are seeing that include answers to the following questions and topics. ●1. What is the presenting […]
