Addiction And Substance Abuse: Comorbidity
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10 pages in length. The prevalence of comorbidity - a dual presence of substance addition and mental illness - is not as uncommon as once believed. The extent to which dual diagnosis is widespread reflects a significant underlying current between drug and/or alcohol abuse and any one of many different psychiatric disorders. That such a detrimental coupling is not only physically damaging but also socially harmful speaks to the very common connection between such a destructive combination and the ensuing legal implications inherent to antisocial behavior directly associated with drug abuse and mental instability. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Addiction and the Ethics of Coerced Treatment
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A 3 page consideration of the impacts of drug and alcohol addiction. The author contends that when an addicts addiction impacts others, coerced treatment is ethically justified. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Addiction Transfer Disorder & Gastric Bypass Surgery
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A 10 page research paper that examines the literature on the phenomenon known as “addiction transfer” among bariatric patients. This literature review looks at what has been discovered, neurologically and in regards to psychological motives, thus far and the implications of this information in regards to directions for future research. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Addressing A Controversial Issue
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7 pages in length. The very nature of controversy finds its fundamental basis amidst disagreement between a minimum of two sides; when this conflict is left unresolved, the extent to which the controversial issue is heightened serves to impede progress toward a solution. At the same time, however, society cannot exist without controversy, inasmuch as people will never agree about every issue one hundred percent of the time. Upon examining the core aspect of controversy, one finds that personal interpretation represents the primary component. Characteristic of humanity's constant quest for the concept of meaning, the journey of understanding has come to represent myriad things to myriad people, ultimately rendering any universal explanation virtually impossible. The problem with meaning as it relates to controversy is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotation to its concept; however, this cannot be achieved as long as any two individuals harbor decidedly different interpretations. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Adler & Kohlberg And Addiction
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A 5 page paper that discusses the major concepts of Adler's Individual Psychology and what Adler attributes addiction to in terms of his theories. The paper also outlines Kohlberg's stages of moral development and discusses what Kohlberg would say about addiction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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