Substance Abuse: Case Study

In the case of the adolescent male, John who comes from a well to do family and the personal challenges he has experienced which include severe learning and behavioral disabilities, substance abuse problems and a history of delinquency, I have niece who comes from a good family and she’s travel the road with drugs. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why my niece had a substance abuse issue her parents don’t drink or smoke, there were behavioral and academic challenges which existed. I always

Mr. Boyd reported in October of 2013, Ms. How-Boyd became a United States citizen. He stated that she said “now that I am an American, I can marry any undocumented alien, so they may obtain a green card”. Mr. Boyd stated that it was clear she no longer had any use for him. He stated that the tension grew in the home. He indicated that he believed Ms. How-Boyd was intentionally trying to “annoy him”. He stated that Ms. How-Boyd would arrive home as late as 4:00 a.m., and come into the home slamming

Another aspect f substance abuse is codependency. Kanal (2011) defines the codependent as person that is close to the abuser. In this instance, the other person becomes dependent as well. One could same it is reflective of “If you cannot beat them, join them.” This is obviously problematic because the normal model finds the abuser and the other person in his or her life trying to seek help for the person, advocating for the person to quit, and has no desire to become addicted as well. This is normally

of jail every few months. Tiffany abuses various drugs. Meagan is being physically abused in the home by her boyfriend, William. William has abused Meagan several times within the last few months. Meagan has been to the hospital as well from the abuse. Meagan is about 3 months pregnant as well. It is unknown if she has had complications with her pregnancy because of the abuse. William is suspected to be abusing various drugs, because he has a history of drug abuse. It is unknown if drugs are done

College Students with Substance Abuse Issues/Concerns/Problems According to Collins, Koutsky, Morsheimer and Maclean Alcohol use is a serious problem on college campuses (2001). ). In a given 2-week period, 40% of college students drank heavily at least once, and 22% did so 3 or more times (O'Malley & Johnston, 2002; Wechsler, Lee, Kuo, & Lee, 2000). Serious personal, peer, and institutional consequences accompany this type of drinking (Knight et al., 2002). Student alcohol use is associated with

alcohol raises the likelihood of a child to consume these substances early in life (FindYouthInfo 2013). Terrell grew up to be a quite healthy child despite having had a very high risk of developing FAS or FAE. But his mother continuance with these unheathy habits puts him at great risk of developing substance abuse.

Back into Life after Rehab) as of 2010, approximately 8.9 percent of American teenagers and adults over age 12 were using illicit drugs. Some use more than one illegal substance or combine drug use with alcohol. This is most likely to occur in young adults under age 25, who have the highest rates of combined alcohol and drug abuse disorders. More than 23.5 million Americans — or one in 10 Americans over age 12 struggles with addiction to drugs or alcohol (Partnership at Drugfree.org, 2014).

Services (2015) also states that someone dealing with substance abuse issues need a combination of therapy and medication. They suggest creating a community around the abuser to ensure they are getting all the help they need. Treatment focuses on behaviors and how to change these behaviors. Medication is suggested under close watch of the prescriber. Some medications can even increase the adverse effects a person feels when they take a substance they are supposed to be detoxing from. Helping an Adult

Substance abuse in an all too common occurrence. It can truly change a person, and leave a person addicted often alone with little to no support from others. A client seeking help is a client taking a large step, and help can be seen as taking a big risk. Cormier and Hackney (2012) detail the stages of change developed by Prochaska, DiClemente, and Norcross. Because Bill is seeking help, he is showing that is ready to at least begin contemplation of change, which is the second stage of change. (p

to get vaseline for his lips instead of buying his own chap-stick to bring to school. When he takes his medication, he does not eat much at lunch stating that he is not hungry and then will gorge on food when he gets home after school. For substance abuse screening, he tested negative and received "none" for alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, illicit drugs, and misuse or prescribed and over the counter drugs. He has had no suicidal or homicidal ideations. He is somewhat compliant with his treatment