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What Causes Coke Bloat? What You Need to Know

Gateway Foundation

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug that can create numerous severe side effects. Once a person becomes addicted to the illegal drug, they can experience physical, mental and emotional changes that take a toll on their quality of life. The next step of a drug addiction treatment program is detoxing from the substance.

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Here are resources for social workers

Social Work Blog

It highlights the dangers of unsafe alcohol consumption and promote awareness in reducing alcohol use disorder. million people ages 12 and older had an alcohol use disorder (AUD) in 2019. Underage drinking is common and early use can lead to an alcohol use disorder later in life. April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Winter 2020.

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Native Americans and Opioid Addiction: Understanding the Problem

Relias

That number included nearly 3% of all AI/AN youth between the ages of 12-17, indicating that Native Americans and opioid addiction will continue to be an issue in the coming years. Extreme hardship created susceptibility to addiction. These programs may lack sufficient resources for mental health and addiction treatment.

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Social Work Can Play a Critical Role in Pain Management

Social Work Blog

She emphasizes that social workers play a critical role in helping people manage their chronic pain, as well as those who may have developed an opioid misuse disorder. Interventions, such as motivational interviewing, and techniques, like going with resistance and offering empathy, validation and reflection, are important.

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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Healing Justice Values Alongside Therapeutic Interventions. This was community care that in the Field, we might call an “intervention” at the meso level. I had not imagined myself studying SUD, and hadn’t considered addiction a social justice issue. By Violeta A. Donawa, LMSW. But for many of us, this was culture.

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DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Gambling Disorder

Gateway Foundation

Gambling disorder is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. The disorder can damage lives, tear families apart and lead to significant financial losses. The manual provides a standardized set of diagnostic criteria for various mental disorders , including problematic gambling.

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Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Age of COVID-19

Relias

As such, crisis intervention and prevention has never been more top of mind. To better understand the effects of the pandemic on crisis situations and the associated methods of prevention and intervention, we will discuss the following crisis situations: Substance use disorder. Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19.