Drug Abuse Case Studies Samples For Students

Jennifer needs to receive treatment for both her psychiatric and substance abuse issues. An integrated dual disorders treatment approach would be able to simultaneously address her issues and offer her the best chance of success (Gil-Rivas, Grella, & Prause, 2009). With the same team addressing both issues at the same time and in the same location, Jennifer’s chances of successfully coping with her substance abuse and mental health issues increases. In this type of program, Jennifer will have the same clinicians for both issues. These specially trained clinicians are trained in psychotherapy, assessment, and treatment strategies for substance abuse ...

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Introduction

Study on prostitutes documents a high pervasiveness of alcohol and drug abuse and as they drifted into prostitution and during prostitution. There is a dubious relation between substance abuse and prostitution, as one might lead to the other. Substance abuse alone may or may not be the factor that pushes these women into prostitution. The essay discusses the topic if prostitution was legalized, would it have an effect on female drug addiction? Before going into that subject, it would be essential to get more information on whey women take drugs or get ...

A brief account of the patient/client assessment

Drug misuse within state prisons has persistently been a major problem for the healthcare personnel. The treatment of misusers within these units is however a challenge for those concerned and this is attributed to a host of factors which dependently or independently leads to fragmented measures of managing this population. These challenges range from the vulnerability of the prisoners to self-harm and suicide cases while in prison; the occurrence of death upon serving their term due to intentional or accidental opiate overdose; the lacking measures of counseling as part of an integrated withdrawal system; the non-adherence to national and ...

Background

According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2019) in 2018, the total number of offenses committed by young offenders was 728, 280. The major crimes committed by young offenders include simple assault (125,030), drug abuse violations (90,670), and disorderly conduct (57, 760). The most significant crime committed by young offenders was violent crimes (46,140). Although the overall crimes committed by the young individuals dropped by 10 percent from the 2017 calendar year to the 2018 fiscal period, these crimes still baffle the relevant authorities and the public. The major question that accompanies the ...

Abstract

Some employers do not have an active working policy or procedures in place to help those with addictions. In today’s economy, most employees are under tremendous pressure to maintain employment and support their family while being burden with financial stress. In the case, there are policies and procedures in place, however; it appears throughout the area some places have not exercised them. Maintaining and sustaining a highly competitive business in the global marketplace is a challenging venture for the Branch’s management because of the alcohol issue. Ensuring that the workforce drug free, highly achieving, motivated and supplied with tools ...

Interagency Collaboration

Interagency Collaboration
As the adage goes ‘Unity is Strength,’ so is the situation on the ground as far as crime detection and prevention are concerned. The notion of collaboration and cooperation by all the stakeholders in maintaining sanity, law and order in the affected areas has been very effective and efficient. These two concepts of collaboration and cooperation are well informed by the need to involve the very persons affected by the problem of insecurity and the menace of drug peddling and trafficking. These concepts, therefore, involve a scenario whereby several agencies come and work together towards accomplishing the ...

A counselor is considered as a professional who have the ability to facilitate an individual to transform his or her character. In the past, most of the people used to assume that counselors should only be visited by persons who are facing many mental challenges. As a result, the majority of the people used to refrain from visiting counselors. Consequently, the society was characterized by a significant population of people who were suffering from psychological illnesses (Lago, 2006). Counselors facilitate individuals to cope or recover from psychological illnesses. There are various factors that counselors need to put into consideration whenever they are ...

Lewis v. United States

Facts: An undercover officer in the department of narcotics called Lewis to find out whether he would sell him marijuana. The officer disguised his identity; he identified himself as Jimmy the Pollack. Lewis agreed to the officer’s request and directed him to his residence where the transaction would take place. The officer went to the petitioner’s abode and made his purchase; these transactions happened severally. Lewis was on one occasion arrested and charged with infringing federal drug laws. The District Court convicted Lewis following a denial to pre-trial motion seeking to suppress. The First Circuit affirmed this decision.
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Essay Assignment

Essay Assignment

Abstract

In this paper, the aspect of disease development is focused in five sections. A critical review of various health conditions attempts to demystify some contingencies that are attributable to the disease process. This approach becomes integral in establishing causal explanations for various health derangements. It covers the aspects of bio scientific research used to create strategies that help in mitigating disease occurrence. The outcomes of this paper are relevant in the subject of managing diseases in human populations across the world.
Q1.
Dementia is a mental disorder that begets memory impairment and personality changes (Flicker, 1999). Alzheimer’ ...

There are many issues surrounding the life of Marci, the 23 year old young woman that seems to be losing her mind because of perceived indulgence into drugs. Among the primary issues surrounding the life of Marci, the young woman, are such things as:

List in order of importance

- Dependence – seemingly, Marci is dependent on Marijuana because, despite the problems the drug has landed her into, she does not seem to quit using it. On the contrary, she describes it as pleasurable.
- Peer pressure – from the case, it is clear that the choice to abuse drugs can be closely connected to ...

Question 1: evidence of substance abuse disorder

According to DSM-IV TR for substance abuse and substance dependence, the patient has to show a maladaptive pattern of substance misuse which leads to clinical distress or impairment. The patient has to show recurrent use of substance which leads to his or her failure to accomplish most responsibilities at home or at work. The patient can also show recurrent use of substance even in physically hazardous circumstances. Despite having consistent interpersonal or social problems that are a result of or are exacerbated by the use of substance, the patient shows continued use of substance. From the above criteria, Steve in the ...

Key information from the case study

Often, an anxiety disorder precedes an eating disorder, which might be Anita’s case. At this point, her eating-related behaviors are moderately problematic (distorted body-image, emotional eating, a sense of lack of control during eating). Nonetheless, if not appropriately addressed, there is high likelihood that these early signs will develop into a full-blown eating disorder (bulimia nervosa / anorexia nervosa).

Possibly co-occurring: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and (mild) Substance Use Disorder (DSM-5, APA, 2013).

Primary Diagnosis
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
There is a strong possibility that Anita suffers from GAD.
Individuals with GAD experience perpetual, chronic and most frequently unfounded worry. In some cases it disrupts work, studies, social activities. Physical symptoms include gastrointestinal ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

Personal Information

Prior to beginning the counseling process, it is vital for the counselor to gather some personal information from the client in an effort to assess the level of help or intervention that will need to be applied. Therefore, information concerning her personal and family history will be necessary. Furthermore, information regarding how often she engages in drug abuse will help to establish her level of addiction and thereby provide guidance on the intervention approaches that may be applicable to her situation. Further, obtaining family history information can help the counselor understand the cause of the drug abuse problem. For ...

The fight against crime can be dealt with and has been dealt with in many ways. One of the most prompted ways of fighting crime is the reduction and fight against drug abuse and substance abuse. The psychologists state that, when a person is under the influence of drugs chances of engaging in crime are usually high (Peet, 2004). As a political science student I carried out an interview with a catholic catechist who takes part in the interfaith drug policy initiative on the take of the organization on crime. The following are excerpts from the interview.

The purpose of the organization ...

Psychology

Background

Mary is a 24-year old African-American woman that seeks evaluation of her condition. She has been using heroin since she was 19 years old. Mary is pointed out her boyfriend Max as the person that introduced her to heroin after she moved in with him. She has a history of family dysfunction and grew up seeing her father as an alcoholic and her mother undergoing an alcoholic recovery phase. Mary reported that she never received any substance or professional help before and that would justify any hesitation on her part to undergo evaluation. Another crucial part of her situation is ...

I will use the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI, 2013) assessment protocol to evaluate the patient. I will conduct a history, physical, and assessments of pain and function. I will next ascertain the biological causes of the patient’s back pain, i.e. if the pain is neuropathic, muscle-related, inflammatory or compressive/mechanical (ICSI, 2013). If the pain is chronic, it is necessary to find out if the cause can be corrected which may require referral to a specialist. If not, I will perform assessments of work, disability, psychological and spiritual wellbeing, contributing factors, and barriers to pain management (ICSI, ...

Based on the clinical vignette, it seems like PJ was trying to commit suicide either by benzodiazepine overdose or by consuming antifreeze. It looks like PJ tried to drink antifreeze based on the sweet smell on his breath in the emergency room. The active ingredient in antifreeze is ethylene glycol, which is a sweet-smelling alcohol. If PJ consumed the antifreeze, then that will explain that clinical finding. When ethylene glycol is oxidized by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), its metabolites become toxic and cause an anion gap acidosis and profound CNS depression (Fraser 242). Furthermore, these ethylene glycol metabolites can cause ...

HL has a multiplicity of complications all which are attributed to his lifestyle. HL has a history of drug abuse and his list of medication all but indicates that his drug abuse lifestyle has had a significant impact on his general health, his body systems and his body organs. HL could probably be having Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension (Cárdenas, 2014). The Cirrhosis could be as a result of alcohol consumption which has then the damage of his liver and probably gastric varices which is a precedent of Hepatitis C condition he already harbors.
The gastric varices has led ...

Introduction

The movie ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ is acted with a sense of human life. It demonstrates humanity and features what happens in the human society in depth.

Even without showing any overt signs of mental illness McMurphy the main character and his colleagues avoid hard labor and spend their sentence in a relaxed hospital environment playing sick. This exhibits the behavior of pretence. McMurphy exhibits leadership and responsibility skills by establishing himself as a leader in the hospital. Billy refuses to leave the hospital because he is unwell. This highlights how responsible he is over his health conditions. Washington protects ...

Psychiatry in the Film Industry

Introduction
Cinema is a medium used to entertain people. It portrays many issues about the society, science and various myths. It depicts different psychiatric disorders such as suicide and drug abuse to schizophrenia and personality disorders. Gone are the days when films were used to negatively portray psychiatric conditions. Nowadays films are used for educational purposes as well as to change the negative attitude towards people with psychiatric conditions. Film portrays that even psychiatric people are geniuses and that they can solve complex problems. Mental conditions are portrayed in different ways in the film industry. Film is used to ...

Engaging Clients and other Systems in GSW Practice
Agency Setting

North Suffolk Mental Health Association provides mental health services to underserved communities in East Boston, Chelsea, Withrop, and Revere, Massachusetts. Among the primary mission objectives of the Agency is to provide people with institutional care, support community-based services in addition to helping people to achieve independence and fullness of life through the provision of a wide variety of community-based, person-centered treatment. North Suffolk Mental Health Association was founded in 1959 and has expanded into one of the leading and largest providers of mental health services in the State (North ...

ADHD is a behavioral disorder that exhibits a severe long-term effect on victims. The condition poses, even more, grave consequences on the health of females than males. Therefore, given that it can progress unnoticed during childhood, there is the need to conduct a thorough assessment to enable accurate diagnosis. Diagnosis is usually made using the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria. An in-depth exploration of all the possible treatment recommendations begins after the diagnosis.
In the treatment of DHD detected in the patient in the case study, various approaches can be considered. Usually, the treatment of ...

Karen appears to have a very positive attitude about her future. She seems to have realized that the end of her relationship wasn’t about her but was about the lack of commitment on her partner’s part.
Karen’s strengths lie in the fact that she is positive about her future and that she is making plans for that future. She has an optimistic outlook on her dating future and is committing herself to a gym membership. This indicates that she is moving in a forward direction.
Karen could be afraid of the stigma that can be attached ...

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1. Briefly outline the specific issues that exist in the community (e.g. based on demographic data or other external source, or your observations if this is a real\community you are actually working in).
Myanmar is suffering from an HIV epidemic which has increased since the last part of the 1980’s and needs financial support to treat those suffering from the disease. According to information found at the Humanitarian Practice Network Website, the numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seems to have leveled off. Although there are ...

Develop an initial mental health postarrest assessment for Doe that includes a line of questioning to determine personality type and suicide risk.
Personality type should be taken into account in order to determine the psychological context of Doe. This can established through the development of their past circumstances and mental health history. This will help in demonstrating the conditions upon which the criminal action took place. Understanding their past history of mental illness will help to provide insight into this context. Through the establishment of a conceptual framework that can be understood in regards to the history and criminal ...

Arguably, the world today has become a global village. As a matter of fact, Asia has been influenced by various factors regards of its tendency to be so attached to its culture. For example, some of the things that have brought changes include international business, social networks, technology, as well as social media. Therefore, culture in Asian region face identity crisis, whereby they face two forces. As an international firm, doing business in Asia is tremendously influential to cultural issues and lifestyle of Asian people. Hence, it is obvious that operating an international firm in Asia makes the firm responsible for ...

Based on Youth Risk Behavior Studies (YRBSS) conducted during the past three decades, approximately 81.6% of teenagers enrolled in 9th to 12th grade, surveyed in 1991, responded that they had tried at least one alcoholic beverage in their lifetime (“Trends,”2013). That same year within this group, approximately 50.8 % admitted to having at least one alcoholic beverage during the thirty-day period leading up to the time of the survey. While these numbers appear to have declined according to more recent statistics (2013), 66.2% having tried a drink at least once and 34.9% admitting to at least one drink thirty days ...

Johnny Tello addiction to cocaine has resulted to other crimes that he has to commit so as to ensure that he can maintain the crack supply. He has even gone to the extent of stealing from his parents, the people expected to be taking care of him. It is difficult for his parents to perform their parental duties to such a person since he has become a social challenge even within the family. His new circle of friends has influenced his behavior, and unless he is isolated from them his cocaine addiction is not something that will go soon. After robbing a ...

A Supreme Court of Canada Case on Employment Law

Summary of the case
Employee privacy and occupational safety especially in a dangerous workplace have always clashed in the past. Employers always feel the need to perform random drug tests at the workplace, which many argue violates employee privacy. The Supreme Court of Canada only recently released a ruling related to random alcohol and drug tests at the workplace in Canada. The case was between Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited and was published on June 14, 2013 (Naccaroto 2013).

What both sides were arguing

Irving has a paper mill in Saint John, New Brunswick and due the ...

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Medical Conditions(s): _______________________________________________
Reason for Referral
The patient was experiencing difficulties in getting sleep and was irritable most of the time. The patient constantly sinks into depression and has even in a number of occasions attempted suicide. Furthermore, the patient has lost interest in certain activities, which they used to like such as that of playing with friends.

Tests Administered/Test Scores & Interpretation/Behavioral Observations:

The tests that have been administered are the psychological, brain and the blood tests for bipolar disorder. The psychological test were done through the use of questions involving the level of concentration of the patient while at work ...

Why the U.S. Has the Highest Incarceration Rate in the Western World

ABSTRACT

Since over 70% of the U.S. prison population is black or Hispanic, even though these groups are only 25% of the population, racial disparities in arrests, convictions and sentencing are really the main reason that this country has a higher incarceration rate than any other advanced Western democracy. Indeed, it has more people incarcerated than all other Western nations combined, and for much longer sentences. Overwhelmingly, these offenders have been convicted on drug charges, and even though minorities use narcotics at the same rate as whites, they are ...

Medical technology has increased rapidly in the past few decades and it is now a challenge for the human beings to understand and evaluate it realistically. Medicalization is to understand and treat a medical problem or a disorder, and it follows a theory that some miracles happen because of the medicine. Elizabeth Grosz in her article “Intolerable Ambiguity: Freaks as/at the Limit” refers Siamese twins as freaks who are sufferers of social ostracism. Medicalization is clearly depicted in the article with an example of Siamese twins, who were examined by various doctors to separate them, and finally they decided not to separate them ...

Growth and development is a steady and continuous process that starts at conception and ends when one dies. Each development stage is defined by certain characteristics and challenges. A child is supposed to overcome developmental challenges before proceeding to the next stage. Adolescent stage is one of the developmental stages characterized with physical, emotional, and physiological changes. Majority of the teenagers belong in this stage and are at a higher risk of contracting STDs such as HIV/AIDS, Syphilis and gonorrhea, and teenage pregnancy as they are sexually active. A report released by US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) indicated ...

Bunking classes, dating popular people and openly smoking and drinking are some of the attractive features of entering college which often makes it as one of the most exciting phases of life. However, the charm of entering into college is not a long lasting one merely because of the veiled responsibilities and adjustment issues which arise due to emerging adulthood. This is a period marked with mood swings, irritability, and depression along with other consequences of life stressors. Since people are quite often unprepared to face these challenges, it is highly essential to draw light on the number of issues associated ...

What are the key assessment issues to consider?

The first issue that is crucial to consider is the fact that the client is fatigued. The lack of sleep has worn her out hence affecting her energy levels. Thus, the client can only speak in a low voice. Equally significant is the fact that the client might be developing an addiction to alcohol. This has had profound effects on her body since the blood tests indicated abnormally high levels of liver enzymes. Another point of concern is the psychological state of the client. Her mental stability is quite questionable. She is also under a lot of guilt for the accident ...

Approaching at-risk youth about their behaviors can pose many challenges. For this reason, it is important to have a unified approach backed with research affirming its effectiveness. One very good model for this is the multisystemic approach, using nine different principles and processes in order to make the approach as effective as possible while also as non-intrusive as possible for the subject. We will now explore how this approach is used in practical applications, specifically by looking at a case study on teens at risk of transmitting AIDS and examining some aspects of the approach that are being applied here.
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Mental health

Introduction
One of the main branches of psychology is mental assessment. This part of psychology calls for numerous observations and ability to relate a certain behavior or response to a set of responses to comprehensively understand the mental status of a person (http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/excerpts/hicks_50.pdf).

It usually involves careful observation of any possible or visible cue that might give a clue to the mental status a person, a lot of careful questioning and taking of notes as well as mental history of the person under observation. It also calls for human behavior understanding and causes of the various types of mental ailments (http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/excerpts/hicks_50.pdf).

Assessment procedure

This involves analysis ...

Arguably, in the past decades researchers have established program modes and intervention strategies that will help in promoting social development, as well as reducing juvenile delinquent behaviors. These programs and strategies have various objectives and goals in several states. Preventing juvenile delinquent behaviors saves life of young people from being wasted, prevents adult crimes in the future, as well as reducing the burden of crime on society and the victim. Perhaps, it costs the city a lot of dollars to prosecute, arrest, treat and incarcerate juvenile offenders. Hence, the use of delinquency-prevention programs saves a lot of taxpayers’ money, which is ...

a. Evaluate the various claims made by the union and counterclaims made by the company regarding the charges of unfair labor practices. Which of the arguments are most persuasive?
The claims made by the union are more persuasive. The reason being that-: the counterclaims made by the company are malicious and not in any way reflected by the actions of the union. The unions’ claims are clear and can be traced to every action the members of the union undertook. The union argues that its members have been repeatedly interrogated by the company and actually this is true. ...

The Street Kid

Shanda is an African American girl who is part of a street gang and who at one stage had several tumours removed from her arm. Obviously her health problems made it difficult for her to assimilate herself into society which was already fraught with considerable problems mainly due to the rough life which African Americans youths lead in this area.
The judge who heard her case for assault recommended that she seek medical treatment for her substantial health problems, a lenient attitude to take which was rather commendable in the circumstances. Nothwitstanding all this, Shanda continued experiencing problems also largely ...