Category: Abuse
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Why Marilyn Monroe Was Addicted to Substance Abuse
Table of Contents Intervention Grid Assessment intervention grid Evaluation Care plan References Intervention Grid Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model who was born in 1926 and passed on in 1962 at 36 years old. According to Dorfman, Soule, & Desai (2018), Marilyn Monroe died of overdosing of barbiturates at her home in…
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Statistics Abuse: How, Why, and When
Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Specific abuses of statistics Non-specific abuses of statistics Conclusion Recommendations Bibliography Footnotes Executive Summary This report presents a number of notable abuses of statistics. Literature research on the topic has revealed that the abuses of statistics can occur during sample collection or during evaluation of the collected sample. Some…
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Is Drug (Legal or Illegal) Addiction and or Abuse Individual Responsibility or Societies Responsibility?
The debate on whether drug addiction/abuse, illegal or otherwise, is an individual responsibility of societies’ responsibility has elicited heated arguments, in recent years. In his essay, “The Ethics of addiction”, Szasz (385) argues that the main contentious issue is whether drug abuse and /or addiction is a matter that needs to be addressed within the…
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Diseases Caused by Alcohol Abuse and Its Preventions
Recently there was a meeting on alcohol addiction in our university. We were provided with a lot of information about the alcohol addiction in particular, its symptoms, stages of development and many other points. A lot of attention was paid to the stages. The problem of these days occupies different layers of population independently of…
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Financial Abuse of the Elderly
Table of Contents Elderly Financial Abuse Signs of Elderly Financial Abuse Conclusion References In general terms, elderly abuse is defined as the act of intentionally treating elderly people in a manner that harms them or puts them at a vulnerable situation. As a result, governments have been passing laws that attempt to prevent elderly abuse.…
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Life After Sexual Abuse. Counseling Intervention
Table of Contents Problem Description Behaviors Contributing to and Resulting from the Problem Theoretical Perspectives Intervention Strategies Questions, Directions, and Thoughts References Problem Description A victim of sexual abuse faces a range of challenges even after the traumatic experience is over. Attempting to cope with the vast array of psychological problems that sexual abuse ensues…
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Substance Abuse and the Related Problems
Abstract Substance abuse is one of the key problems that the contemporary society is facing. Though the rates of substance abuse have varied throughout the last decade, they remain dangerously high. While traditionally, the desire to belong to a specific subculture or a mini-society within their social environment is identified as the key factor pushing…
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MMPI Test in Determining Women Who Were Exposed to Childhood Sexual Abuse
Table of Contents Introduction Background of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Conclusion References Introduction Psychological assessment is a testing procedure that utilizes a variety of methods to affirm a particular hypothesis about an individual’s demeanor and abilities. The process is also referred to as “psychological testing or conducting psychological battery on an individual and is often…
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Internship: Shadowing a Substance Abuse Counselor
Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Review of Literature Methods and Procedures Results Discussion Conclusions References Abstract Overwhelming challenges of the 21st century force many people to use drugs, as they are unable to keep up with the pace of the contemporary life. Many people become addicts and they are unable to handle the issues associated…
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Trauma and Sexually Abused Child
Introduction Life is a series of situations, which comprise gains, losses, crises, and sometimes trauma. Some crises are expected, but in most cases, they come as a surprise. Apparently, crises are inevitable, but every time individuals encounter a crisis, they acquire skills to take control of the situation. By being persistent, people discover means to…