Perspectives Brooke Torres PSY/310 July 1‚ 2013 Lillian Fillpot Perspectives Each psychological perspective has pioneers who have done the research to not only present the perspective‚ but to also prove how beneficial it is. John B. Watson is one of the great pioneers who created and popularized the behavioral perspective. He had many followers who believed in what he said‚ including B.F. Skinner. Although Skinner was truly influenced by Watson‚ he had his own ideas and theories that he later
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the U.S. Heroin Capital B A L T I M O R E‚ March 14 By Carter M. Yang Baltimore is the heroin capital of the United States. Government agencies estimate that as many as one in 10 of the city’s residents are addicted to the drug. Wanda‚ 42‚ was one of them. "I did tricks‚ I stole‚ I robbed‚ I did whatever I had to do to get it‚" she says of her $50-a-day heroin habit. "The drug was taking control of my life." Wanda‚ who asked that her last name not be used‚ says she began using heroin at the age
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D-The patient arrived on time for her counseling session. Reported stable on her dose and deny the need to alter her methadone‚ referring to a dose increase. According to the patient‚ she’s clean for a month‚ at which this writer provided a positive feedback to the patient. Then the conversation shifted about the patient’s father health. Patient reported‚ her father has a history of heart attacks‚ he’s 74 years old‚ and the doctors placed a new stem to the heart. The patient discuss her feelings
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Re: Murray Compensation‚ Inc. Facts Murray Compensation‚ Inc. (Murray)‚ an SEC registrant that provides payroll processing and benefit administration services to other companies‚ granted 100‚000 “at-the-money” employee share options on January 1‚ 2006. The awards have a grant-date fair value of $6‚ vest at the end of the third year of service (cliff-vesting)‚ and have an exercise price of $21. Subsequent to the awards being granted‚ the stock price has fallen significantly. On January 1
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Heroin 1.The correct chemical name for heroin is‚ Diacetylmorphine or Diamorphine. Heroin falls into the depressants category. Depressants slow down the messages between the brain and the body by slowing down the central nervous system. According to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)‚ heroin is a schedule I substance. Since it is a schedule I substance‚ it means that it is more likely to be abused. 2. Heroin has a lot of slang terms. Some nicknames are‚ H
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history of drug abuse and as such had only one home medication‚ which is Methadone. Methadone has been associated with thrombocytopenia in patients with hepatitis. She does have hepatitis hence she is at risk for thrombocytopenia because of methadone. This patient has continued this therapy throughout her stay in the hospital‚ as such not meeting any of the criteria established in the table above plus she has had methadone for years prior to hospitalization.5 This patient was on Enoxaparin 40mg daily
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MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT The term ‘maintenance’ means to keep the equipment in operational condition or repair it to its operational mode. Main objective of the maintenance is to have increased availability of production systems‚ with increased safety and optimized cost. Maintenance management involves managing the functions of maintenance. Maintaining equipment in the field has been a challenging task since the beginning of industrial revolution. Since then‚ a significant of progress has been made
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Addiction: Alternative Treatments PSY 425 February 1‚ 2006 Introduction The initial exposure to any drug addiction treatment is an overwhelming experience. Whether one attends an Alcoholics Anonymous session‚ a Detox facility‚ or a Psychiatric in-patient center‚ one unavoidable conclusion manifests itself: Addiction is a horrible situation for any human being. The following paper looks at several different elements of the addiction treatment environment‚ and from differing modalities to success
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Over many years the abuse of Heroin has been known‚ but now the epidemic is out of control and many are dying daily. Heroin is a substance that is synthesized from morphine‚ and extracted from the poppy seed plant. The opium poppy has been refined for more than five thousand years for a variety of medicinal uses. When heroin was first created it was used as a cough syrup and pain killer. At first people believe it would help with morphine and opium addiction but then doctors realized people were
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The awareness of addictions is growing at an alarming rate in the United States. Many health care professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. But within the mental health care profession‚ many are divided as to the arising issue and cause of addiction. Deaths caused by drug overdoses have risen drastically over the pass decade. Many health care and drug treatment professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. Within the mental
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