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• PSY 425 Entire Course (2 Sets)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Sets for All Assignments
• PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 1
• PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 2
• PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 3
• PSY 425 week 1 Individual Assignment Past and
  Current Trends Paper (2 Papers)

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• PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Motivation
• What is your motivation for taking this course?
  Have you had experience with chemical dependency
  in your work or personal life that you would care
  to discuss?
• What do you hope to learn in this course? How
  will this information help you in your career?

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• PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 2
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• What do you believe are the causes of substance
  abuse? What are the causes of chemical
  dependency? Do you think a person has a choice in
  whether or not he or she moves from abuse to
  dependency? What are the factors that may
  influence that choice? Support your opinions with
  information from the Week One readings.
• Your response to this DQ should be at least 250
  words.

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• PSY 425 Week 1 DQ 3
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• Heroin Deaths
• Here is an interesting article on the recent
  surge in heroin deaths. (Click on the link
  below.) Based on the information in this article,
  discuss why you think heroin deaths are
  increasing
• Jellinek Chart
• Progression of disease and recovery
• The Jellinek Chart is a graphic for understanding
  how alcoholism progresses. (Click on the link
  below.) Please take a look at it and let us know
  what you think. You might want to compare the
  symptoms with those of someone you know who may
  have a problem with alcoholism

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• PSY 425 Week 1 Individual Assignment Past and
  Current Trends Paper (2 Papers)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
• Prepare a 750- to 1,050-word paper examining
  substance abuse trends in the United States.
  Include the following
•          Identify past and current trends of the
  use and abuse of substances in the United States.
•          Discuss when the use of illicit drugs
  may be considered culturally appropriate (e.g.,
  medicinal purposes, religious ritual).

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• PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Special Populations
• Select ONE of the following DQs.  Choice One
• What are some risk factors that are unique to
  female substance abusers? Explain the
  relationship between substance abuse and violence
  toward women. OR
• Choice Two
• Discuss drug use and abuse among athletes,
  including therapeutic drugs, erogenic agents,
  alcohol and illegal drugs. Do you believe that
  our culture encourages drug abuse among athletes?
  Why or why not?OR Choice Thre

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• PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 2 
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• Grief
• Read the lecture "Self-Medication and Other
  Challenges to Sobriety", linked below. Discuss
  the role of grief and other "hard emotions"
  (anger, depression, etc.) in addiction and
  recovery. Your response to this DQ should be at
  least 250 words.

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• PSY 425 Week 2 DQ 3
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• Alcohol Screening
• For some people, it may be impossible to notice
  when one is in danger of moving from alcohol
  abuse to dependency. Here is a quiz to help
  identify some of the warning signs. Please take a
  look at this assessment and let us know what you
  think. (Click on the link below.)  Do you think
  these questions are appropriate, based on your
  understanding of the process of moving from
  substance abuse to addiction.

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• PSY 425 Week 2 Individual Assignment Drug Profile
  Paper (2 Papers)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  identify abused substances and their various
  effects. Include the following
•          Explain the psychology and physiology
  of addiction.
•          Identify specific drug substances
  covering the following categories stimulants,
  depressants, narcotics, hallucinogens, and
  cannabis.
•          Discuss the addiction potential of
  various abused substances, what effects they
  have, and withdrawal symptoms.
•          Discuss how prescription drugs can be
  abused and lead to addiction.

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• PSY 425 Week 2 Learning Team Discussion Question
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• At what point are prescription drugs considered
  an abused substance?

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• PSY 425 Week 2 Learning Team Summary
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• LT Discussion of Group Support
• Read the Learning Team Lecture "AA What to
  expect?" (Click on the link below.). The founders
  of AA believed that two alcoholics working
  together to remain sober have a better chance
  than one person attempting it alone. Do you
  believe this is true? Why or why not? Have you or
  anyone you know ever overcome an obstacle that
  you or they believed was impossible? Did you or
  they do it alone or with others? What is or
  was your initial reaction to being notified that
  30 of your grade depends upon the successful
  cooperation of the learning team.

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• PSY 425 Week 3 DQ 1 
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• Our society has been described as addictive,
  promoting the theory that we can become addicted
  to things other than drugs.
• Do you believe this is true? Support your opinion
  and give examples of some things or activities
  that may be considered addictive.
• Do you think that addiction to something other
  than drugs or alcohol can be as destructive as
  substance abuse? Why or why not?

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• PSY 425 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Read the Lecture, "Help for the Family" attached
  below. Visit one of the websites listed in the
  lecture and report your observations to the
  group.
• What are some of the problems experienced by
  family members of people who are chemically
  dependent?

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• PSY 425 Week 3 DQ 3 
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• Class, eating disorders are another kind of
  addictive behavior.
• Please take a look at this website and let us
  know what you think. (Click on the link below.)

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• PSY 425 week 3 Learning Team Assignment Drug Free
  Workplace Evaluation Paper (2 Papers)
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• Read the following scenario
•          Company Y is considering instituting a
  drug-free workplace policy along with mandatory
  drug testing for new hires.  They are not fully
  convinced that such a policy is necessary and are
  cautious of the costs associated with
  implementing a new program.  You have been
  contacted to possibly write the policy and later
  provide training to employees if Company Y
  decides to adopt your policy.

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• PSY 425 Week 4 DQ 1
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• This is a website designed to help parents who
  have questions about drugs, addiction and
  substance abuse.
• Please visit this website and discuss some aspect
  of it with the group.

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• PSY 425 Week 4 DQ 2 
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• Explain why people with dual diagnosis have a
  more difficult time remaining sober 
• What do you think would be a good course of
  treatment for someone with dual diagnosis?

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• PSY 425 Week 4 DQ 3
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• Bus Driver
• I heard it through the grapevine
• Imagine that you are responsible for hiring a bus
  driver for one of your school district's
  elementary schools. You have interviewed several
  people and are quite sure that you have found the
  perfect candidate. You call him back for a second
  interview and introduce him to the other people
  in the transportation department. When he leaves,
  one of your co-workers approaches you and says,
  "Are you going to hire that guy?" When you say
  you probably will, the co-worker says, "He used
  to live in my neighborhood. He was a really big
  drinker back then."

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• PSY 425 week 4 Individual Assignment Workplace
  Drug Screening Opinion Paper (2 Papers)
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• Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on legal and
  ethical issues concerning workplace drug testing
  while also addressing workplace drug prevention
  and education programs. Consider these issues
•          Types of drug tests, such as urinalysis
  and sweat tests, and the reliability of those
  methods
•          Types of drug testing programs, such as
  mandatory and voluntary
•          Appropriateness of certain testing
  programs for specific environments
•          Who to test and why

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• PSY 425 Week 4 Learning Team Discussion Question
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• What should an employer do when a test returns
  positive and the employee disagrees with the
  results?

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• PSY 425 Week 4 Learning Team Summary
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• LT Exploration of Drug-Free Workplace
• Visit this website and read  Discuss the role and
  responsibilities of a supervisor or manager in
  creating and maintaining a drug-free workplace.
  (Click on the link below.) Your response to this
  DQ should be at least 250 words.
• Discuss in your Learning Team and summarize your
  discussion. Post your summary in the Assignments
  Section.

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• PSY 425 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Intervention
• Helping Professionals
• Discuss possible ways that doctors, and other
  health professionals, as well as counselors,
  teachers and law enforcement officers can expand
  their roles to include identifying substance
  abuse in individuals and the family? What are
  other ways that these professionals can be active
  in the prevention and treatment of chemical
  dependency?

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• PSY 425 Week 5 DQ 2 
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• Take-aways
• Summary
• Please take this opportunity to discuss any
  thoughts or insights about the material in this
  class. Of special interest is any changes you
  have made in your assumptions or any new
  insights. How will you use the things you have
  learned in your future career?

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• PSY 425 Week 5 DQ 3
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• Many treatment programs are centered around the
  12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
• Please read over these steps and discuss three
  that you feel might be especially helpful. 

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• PSY 425 week 5 Individual Assignment Article
  Review (2 Papers)
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• Research articles related to how drug abuse
  affects families when one or more members are
  addicted to illicit and/or prescription drugs.
• Write an 800- to 1,050-word review of the
  articles.  Include the following
•          Analyze the issues related to the
  affects of drug abuse on families.
•          Describe the ramifications experienced
  by the family members who are not abusing drugs.
•          Discuss resources available to family
  members of drug abusers.
• Use at least three sources other than the text,
  reflecting current research.

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• PSY 425 week 5 Team Assignment Drug Treatment
  Options Paper (2 Papers)
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• Write a 2,000- to 2,400-word paper on available
  drug treatment options. Include the following
•          Explain what employee assistance
  programs are and how they can help an employee
  struggling with drug addiction.
•          Identify at least one inpatient
  treatment program and one outpatient treatment
  program and compare them.
•          Explain treatment modalities offered by
  the programs (e.g., individual therapy, group
  therapy, psychotherapy).

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