The combination of deprivation, stress and limited access to health care means that refugees and asylum seekers have special mental health needs, which leaves young people and children particularly at risk (Mills, 2012). ... Collaborative Care and the Role of the Counselor Although the pertinence of collaborative care is well recognized in adults of the mainstream community mental health services and addresses the paucity of specialized resources, collaborative care programs for specialized populations like refugees are relatively rare. At the same time, the literature is increasingly making a...

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Treatment includes residential, long-term residential, out-patient, and follow-up care. ... An example of a community run facility is Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (HCRS). This private, non-profit community mental health center has 520 employees in 14 offices throughout Windham and Windsor counties. ... At present, the Indian and Health Services division of the Department of Health and Human Services is hiring a substance abuse counselor who will be relocated to a Cherokee reservation in North Carolina (United States Office of Personnel Management 2004). ......

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This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ... The key argument made by advocates Duke and Gross is that the major reasons why people desist from smoking and drinking - health, social stigma, morality, aesthetics - are also applicable to the drugs currently labeled 'illegal' (120). ... Health care and clean syringes were provided for addicts and it was hypothesized that the experiment would lead to...

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This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ... The key argument made by advocates Duke and Gross is that the major reasons why people desist from smoking and drinking - health, social stigma, morality, aesthetics - are also applicable to the drugs currently labeled 'illegal' (120). ... Health care and clean syringes were provided for addicts and it was hypothesized that the experiment would lead to...

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Historically, substance abuse has been portrayed to mirror the lower class. It has been regarded as a disease that plagues only a specific group of people. Currently that is no longer the case as high profile celebrities and white collar; well respected upper class people have brought their addicti...

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(The Centre of Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto report that heroin addicts who relapse while on the Pg. 2 methadone maintenance program should be permitted to continue with the program. ... These children usually have no other option but to care for their younger siblings, healthy parent, their addicted parent and their home. ... Depending on the nature of the addiction and personal needs, the medical community strongly suggest that an individual considered the following options and combination thereof: 1. a twelve-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Rat...

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Every taxpayer should care about it. Taxpayer money is spent housing, clothing, feeding and medical care on offenders in jails and prisons that are not providing much in the way of being a productive citizen. ... The additional courts include domestic violence, juvenile drug courts, family treatment courts, mental health courts, community courts, peer/youth courts, and homeless courts (Farole et al 2005). ... Each court is unique in that it only deals with one type of problem, hence the name of the court in providing services related to substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, family trea...

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The psychological disorders associated with prenatal drug and alcohol exposure are likely becoming a serious mental health occurrence. ... The friends and family members of a prenatally drug or alcohol exposed person will probably have to endure the burden of caring for, improvising with, and financing the health or psychological issues their loved one suffers from. ... Coles, presentation for the 2010 Drug, DUI, and Mental Health Court Conference in Atlanta Georgia, she discusses the many issues associated with prenatal drug and alcohol exposure. ... The compelling evidence that associates p...

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Now, examine this same situation in a mental health setting, one could only imagine that if the counselor handled a client with the same level of rudeness, the result could be a nervous breakdown, increased substance abuse, and in the worst case scenario suicide. ... Another issue the facility faces is that in addition to the limited bed space, heroin addicts require "detoxification involves 24-hour care where the heroin addict can safely go through the process of withdrawal. ... Lysowski (2013) citing the Ohio Department of Health (2011) reports that one in four abusers die each day from a dr...

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When also examining the medical affects of marijuana use, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "A careful search of the literature and testimony of the nation's health officials has not revealed a single human fatality in the United States proven to have resulted solely from ingestion of marihuana. ... The World Health Organization reached the same conclusion in 1995. The World Health Organization released a study in March 1998 stating: "there are good reasons for saying that [the risks from cannabis] would be unlikely to seriously [compare to] the public health ...

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When also examining the medical affects of marijuana use, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "A careful search of the literature and testimony of the nation's health officials has not revealed a single human fatality in the United States proven to have resulted solely from ingestion of marihuana. ... The World Health Organization reached the same conclusion in 1995. The World Health Organization released a study in March 1998 stating: "there are good reasons for saying that [the risks from cannabis] would be unlikely to seriously [compare to] the public hea...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States history as well as posterity was created, approved and just two years later instituted as the foundation for a fledging yet promising nation destined for greatness. It was a great concept envisioned by extraordinary men, a system in which the people of the land reign, governing through democratically ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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But marijuana should not be smoked as medicine because it is a harmful and addictive substance that can cause respiratory disease, mental disorders, and other health problems. ... NIDA sponsors three major epidemiological programs to collect information on the incidence and prevalence of drug abuse and its health consequences. ...

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Introduction Heroin is a derivative of morphine synthesized by a simple aceylation reaction of the parent compound in a manner almost identically to aspirin. It was originally intended to wean morphine addicts from the drug, but has since become a much bigger problem than morphine. The name is derived from "a hero" for it's supposed effect of saving morphine addicts. Heroin is an illegal opiate drug made from the seeds of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy is a plant found in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and parts of Central and South America. ...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they have varied effects on the body and different preventions. Much of the world's supply of cocaine is produced in South America. ...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they have varied effects on the body and different preventions. Much of the world's supply of cocaine is produced in South America. ...

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