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Psychoactive Substances and Addictive disorders

Physiological Dynamics of Alcohol and Drugs
 
 
This paper will outline current literature reporting behavioral, psychological, physical health, and social effects of psychoactive substances and addictive disorders on the user and significant others.
 
CACREP Section II.G & Addictions Counseling A-L
 
Include in this Research Paper:
 
I. Choose three identified drugs of abuse
 
II. For these three drugs of abuse discuss:
– Drug dependence relative to psychoactive substance toxicity, Intoxication, and withdrawal symptoms.
 
III. For these three drugs of abuse discuss the characteristics of social use, abuse, and dependence.
 
IV. Identify the psychopharmacological effects of these three identified drugs. These effects should include:
– effects when intoxicated 
– as well as effects from withdrawal.
 
V. Discuss how a counselor could intervene with an individual using and withdrawing from each of these identified drugs? 
Give examples.
 
The assignment should be in APA Format.
The assignment should be at five content pages (in addition to a title page and reference page).
Include at least three scholarly references. These references, within a literature review such as this, should not be older than five years. Scholarly references should be peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly organizations, etc. Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly source for example.
 

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