Keiser Career College Greenacres Ways Opioid Addiction Affects the US Discussion
- Please read the Psychology Discussion Requirements fully, and then Read pages 174 – 184 in your text. Opioid use, addiction, and overdoses have increased to alarming rates in the United States in recent years. Millions of Americans are affected by the opioid epidemic every day.Read Volkow et al.’s (2014) article and Brown’s (2018) articles (PDF’s below) before discussing the following questions.
- ReferencesBrown, A. R. (2018). A systematic review of psychosocial interventions in treatment of opioid addiction, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/1533256X.2018.1485574
Coon, D., Mitterer, J.O., & Martini, T. (2022). Introduction to psychology: Gateways to mind and behavior (16th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Volkow, N. D., Frieden, T. R., Hyde, P. S., & Cha, S. S. (2014). Medication-assisted therapies — tackling the opioid-overdose epidemic. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(22), 2063-2066. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1402780For this week’s main post, answer all of the following questions. Be sure to include factual, properly cited information in your post.- What are some ways that opioid addiction is affecting the United States?
- What are some forms of treatment available to those suffering from opioid addiction?
- If you had a friend or family member suffering from opioid addiction, what sort of help would you recommend they seek?
PSY1012 Week 2 Discussion Brown-2018.pdf PSY1012 Week 2 Discussion Brown-2018.pdf – Alternative Formats
PSY1012 Week Two Discussion Volkow-2014.pdf PSY1012 Week Two Discussion Volkow-2014.pdf – Alternative FormatsTo post to the discussion, click on the title: Week 2 Psy Discussion Forum and then Create Thread.
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Week 2 Dream Assignment
Week 2 Assignment- DreamsYour AssignmentRead the section titled “REM Sleep and Dreaming” on page 168 and “Dream Theories” on pages 169-170 in your textbook. These sections discuss theories on dreams, the history of dream interpretation, the most common characteristics of dreams, and the meaning of dreams. Check out these websites:
- Freud Museum: Dream Analysis-You may have to click on “Discover Psychoanalysis” then scroll down to “The Interpretation of Dreams” or you can past the following link into your web browser. (Direct Link: https://www.freud.org.uk/learn/discover-psychoanalysis/the-interpretation-of-dreams/)
- Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychology: Becoming The Dream – A Gestalt Approach (Direct Link: https://iahip.org/inside-out/issue-12-spring-1993/becoming-the-dream-a-gestalt-approach)
- Freud’s “Interpretation of Dreams” (Direct Link: https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/dreams.pdf )
- Write at least 300 words in a word document about this topic. Post your word count in your assignment.
- Make sure to cite sources in your assignment using APA format. The source for question 2 must be the websites listed, for question 1 and 3, it may be your textbook or any other source you research. The entire assignment, from title page to reference page must be in APA 7th edition format.
- Submit your assignment using the Week 2 Dream Assignment link above.
Example Week 2 Assignment Example Week 2 Assignment – Alternative Formats
Tips for your Assignment:
- Always use the 7th edition of APA for your references and in-text citations (Wikipedia is not a reliable source and cannot be used in this class).
- The assignment must be written in 7th edition APA format in a Microsoft Word document with header page numbers at top right side of each page, Title page, no more than 12 point font, double spaced and indented paragraphs, 7th edition APA citations in each paragraph to support what is shared throughout, and a complete 7th edition APA reference page, word count posted (there is an example below).
- Please be sure to back up your answers with facts from the source, and put together complete and well thought out responses.
- Also make sure that you support and reinforce your answers and replies with factual information from the source.
- Make sure to do a spelling and grammar check before submitting.
- Double check that you meet the word requirement (title page information, section headings, and references do not get included in a word count).
- Freud Museum: Dream Analysis-You may have to click on “Discover Psychoanalysis” then scroll down to “The Interpretation of Dreams” or you can past the following link into your web browser. (Direct Link: https://www.freud.org.uk/learn/discover-psychoanalysis/the-interpretation-of-dreams/)
