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Substance Abuse Prevention
Substance abuse prevention attempts to deal with the problem of substance abuse before it happens. That is we hope to prevent the onset of addiction and misuse of substances that have true medical...
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Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
When a woman is pregnant, her mind must definitely expand and grow to include others than just herself. She must begin eating for two, as is often said. But there is more to the story than that. She...
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Substance Abuse Programs
There are various types of substance abuse programs available around the world. Each state in the U.S. has many possibilities for substance users and substance abuse counselors to look at to consider...
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Women and Substance Abuse
There’s been an increasing amount of research on women and substance abuse in the past decade. Alcoholism and other addictions have long been thought of as disorders that plague mostly men, but it has...
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Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
Substance abuse and domestic violence are more connected than many people think. As a matter of fact, there is a clear correlation between substance abuse and domestic violence occurrences. Because...
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Army Substance Abuse Program
Stress related mental illness such as post traumatic stress disorder, being in high stress environments, and other exposures experienced by those in the military cause there to be a high risk and high...
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Substance Abuse Treatment
Millions of people suffer from problems associated with substance abuse, including emotional, physical, psychological, social, and financial problems. Strides have been taken by society to provide its...
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Substance Abuse Rehabilitation
Substance abuse rehabilitation, or simply rehab, is a term reserved for the process of psychotherapeutic and medical treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances that are being used in ways and...
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Welcome to the Blog!
Hey guys and gals, I just wanted to make an introductory post to the new Substance Abuse Counselor blog. Welcome!My intention here is to give many of you who aren’t already in the field but are...
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The Prospects for New Substance Abuse Counselors
So you’ve decided to become a substance abuse counselor. Great! I just want to help make you aware of certain things in regards to the employment you’ll be seeking. Many times, people sign up for...
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Alcohol Abuse and Addiction Essay
According to the DSM-IV Manual, the Diagnostic Criteria for Alcohol Abuse is, in my own words, as follows: a pattern of behavior related to alcohol that leads to substantial impairment and suffering....
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Residential Treatment Facilities for Substance Abuse
Substance abuse can be alcohol or drugs. 66% of patients who check into residential treatment facilities do so for alcohol. Of the remainder, 22% are in treatment for controlled substances. It can be a...
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Can E-Cigarettes Reduce Addiction?
With cigarettes costing upwards of five dollars, it is easy to spend a large amount of money smoking. And, due to addiction, many users smoke more than twenty cigarettes a day.Cigarettes contain many...
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Other Substance Abuse Resources
There are many substance abuse resources for substance abuse counselors, patients, and their families. It is vital anyone seeking professional help for substance abuse is surrounded by a strong support...
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Substance Abuse Counselor Job Opportunities
Helping patients get over one addiction or another implies helping them cope with everyday stresses and problems. This is by far the most important factor when choosing to become a substance abuse...
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